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ReviewBritish journal of clinical pharmacology2017

Recombinant biologic products versus nutraceuticals from plants - a regulatory choice?

Pascal M W Drake, Tim H Szeto, Mathew J Paul, Audrey Y-H Teh, Julian K-C Ma

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Review in British journal of clinical pharmacology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Transient expression of human interleukin-15 inPlant biotechnology (Tokyo, Japan) · 2025
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  5. Potential Benefits of Nutraceuticals for Oxidative Stress Management.Revista brasileira de farmacognosia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Farmacognosia · 2022
    Review
  6. Regulation of Molecular Farming Products.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2022
    Article
  7. Production of Recombinant Proteins in Transgenic Tobacco Plants.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2022
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  12. Principles of pharmacological research of nutraceuticals.British journal of pharmacology · 2017
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  15. Are nutraceuticals the modern panacea? From myth to science.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2017
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pascal M W DrakeInstitute for Infection and Immunity, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, SW17 0RE, UK.
Tim H SzetoInstitute for Infection and Immunity, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, SW17 0RE, UK.
Mathew J PaulInstitute for Infection and Immunity, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, SW17 0RE, UK.
Audrey Y-H TehInstitute for Infection and Immunity, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, SW17 0RE, UK.
Julian K-C MaInstitute for Infection and Immunity, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, SW17 0RE, UK.
St George's Hospital · GBSt George's, University of London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biotechnology has transformed the potential for plants to be a manufacturing source of pharmaceutical compounds. Now, with transgenic and transient expression techniques, virtually any biologic, including vaccines and therapeutics, could be manufactured in plants. However, uncertainty over the regulatory path for such new pharmaceuticals has been a deterrent. Consideration has been given to using alternative regulatory paths, including those for nutraceuticals or cosmetic agents. This review will consider these possibilities, and discuss the difficulties in establishing regulatory guidelines for new pharmaceutical manufacturing technologies.

Indexed as

Biological ProductsDietary SupplementsAntibodies, MonoclonalBiotechnologyDrug LabelingLegislation, DrugMolecular FarmingPlants, Genetically ModifiedRecombinant ProteinsAntibodies, MonoclonalBiological ProductsRecombinant ProteinsGMPmanufacturingmonoclonal antibodyrecombinant pharmaceuticaltransgenic plants

Identifiers

PMID27297459
PMCPMC5338133
OpenAlexW2443565990

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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