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ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2016

Application of Traditional Chinese Medical Herbs in Prevention and Treatment of Respiratory Syncytial Virus.

Li Li Lin, Jin Jun Shan, Tong Xie, Jian Ya Xu, Cun Si Shen, Liu Qing Di, Jia Bin Chen, Shou Chuan Wang

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Review in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Anti-viral triterpenes: a review.Phytochemistry reviews : proceedings of the Phytochemical Society of Europe · 2022
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  6. Herbal immune-boosters: Substantial warriors of pandemic Covid-19 battle.Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology · 2021
    Review
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  10. Influences of Realgar-Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Li Li LinJiangsu Key Laboratory of Pediatric Respiratory Disease, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China; Institute of Pediatrics, The First Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.
Jin Jun ShanJiangsu Key Laboratory of Pediatric Respiratory Disease, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China; Institute of Pediatrics, The First Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China; Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Efficient Delivery System of TCM, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8079-7950
Tong XieJiangsu Key Laboratory of Pediatric Respiratory Disease, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China; Institute of Pediatrics, The First Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.
Jian Ya XuJiangsu Key Laboratory of Pediatric Respiratory Disease, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China; Institute of Pediatrics, The First Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.
Cun Si ShenJiangsu Key Laboratory of Pediatric Respiratory Disease, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China; Institute of Pediatrics, The First Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.
Liu Qing DiJiangsu Key Laboratory of Pediatric Respiratory Disease, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China; Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Efficient Delivery System of TCM, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.
Jia Bin ChenDongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China.
Shou Chuan WangJiangsu Key Laboratory of Pediatric Respiratory Disease, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China; Institute of Pediatrics, The First Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China; Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Efficient Delivery System of TCM, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5260-6130
Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CNDongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common viral pathogen of the lower respiratory tract, which, in the absence of effective management, causes millions of cases of severe illness per year. Many of these infections develop into fatal pneumonia. In a review of English and Chinese medical literature, recent traditional Chinese medical herb- (TCMH-) based progress in the area of prevention and treatment was identified, and the potential anti-RSV compounds, herbs, and formulas were explored. Traditional Chinese medical herbs have a positive effect on inhibiting viral attachment, inhibiting viral internalization, syncytial formation, alleviation of airway inflammation, and stimulation of interferon secretion and immune system; however, the anti-RSV mechanisms of TCMHs are complicated, which should be further investigated.

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