Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27182249›Full record

ArticlePakistan journal of medical sciences

Ameliorating effect of Allium Sativum on high-fat diet induced fatty liver in albino rats.

Aisha Qamar, Ambreen Usmani, Humera Waqar, Asma Siddiqui, Hemant Kumar

Open access · hybridAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Pakistan journal of medical sciences. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 76% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Aisha QamarDr. Ayesha Qamar, M Phil, Department of Anatomy, Bahria University Medical and Dental College, Karachi - Pakistan.
Ambreen UsmaniDr. Ambreen Usmani, M Phil, Department of Anatomy, Bahria University Medical and Dental College, Karachi - Pakistan.
Humera WaqarDr. Humera Waqar, MBBS, Department of Anatomy, Bahria University Medical and Dental College, Karachi - Pakistan.
Asma SiddiquiDr. Asma Siddiqui, M Phil, Department of Anatomy, Bahria University Medical and Dental College, Karachi - Pakistan.
Hemant KumarDr. Hemant Kumar, M Phil, Department of Anatomy, Hamdard University, Karachi - Pakistan.
Bahria University · PKKarachi Medical and Dental College · PKHamdard University · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo assess the hepatoprotective effect provided by fresh garlic on fatty liver induced by high-fat diet.

methodsThis experimental study was carried out at BMSI, JPMC from October to November 2008. Thirty adult albino rats, 200-240 gram weight, were divided into three groups. Group A received control diet, Group B received high-fat diet (20 mg butter/100 gm diet) and Group C received high-fat diet with fresh garlic (20 mg butter with 6 gm fresh garlic/100 gm diet). The groups were further divided on the basis of duration of treatment, four weeks and eight weeks respectively. The rats were sacrificed, liver removed, weighed and relative liver weight calculated. Hepatic tissue was processed and tissue slides stained with haematoxylin and eosin.

resultsThere was significant increase in relative liver weight in group B animals as compared to the control animals, which decreased significantly in group C. Haematoxylin and eosin stained sections revealed ballooned hepatocytes having vesicular appearance with pyknotic nuclei in high-fat group which were preserved to a great extent in group C animals.

conclusionThis study has shown that use of fresh garlic along with high-fat diet prevents its damaging effects on liver to a great extent.

Indexed as

Fatty liverGarlicHigh-fat diet

Identifiers

PMID27182249
PMCPMC4859032
OpenAlexW2325114200

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.