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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2016

The Protective Effects of Icariin against the Homocysteine-Induced Neurotoxicity in the Primary Embryonic Cultures of Rat Cortical Neurons.

Xiao-Ang Li, Yuen-Shan Ho, Lei Chen, W L Wendy Hsiao

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03829904 (The Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine VGH-BPH1 on Patients With Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT03829904 phase1 / phase2completednot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

The Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine VGH-BPH1 on Patients With Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Double-blinded Randomized Placebo-controlled Cross-over Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorTaipei Veterans General Hospital, TaiwanRan2019 to 2020Enrolled23ConditionsBenign Prostatic HyperplasiaArmsVGH-BPH1, Placebo (Corn starch pill manufactured to mimic VGH-BPH1)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Xiao-Ang LiState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau Institute for Applied Research in Medicine and Health, Macau University of Science and Technology, Av. Wai Long, Taipa, Macau, China. 1309853pct20001@student.must.edu.mo.
Yuen-Shan HoSchool of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. janice.ys.ho@polyu.edu.hk.
Lei ChenDepartment of Genetics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 07001, USA. larichen7@gmail.com.
W L Wendy HsiaoState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau Institute for Applied Research in Medicine and Health, Macau University of Science and Technology, Av. Wai Long, Taipa, Macau, China. wlhsiao@must.edu.mo.
Macau University of Science and Technology · MOHong Kong Polytechnic University · HKRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Icariin, an ingredient in the medicinal herb

Indexed as

ADAM ProteinsAnimalsCells, CulturedCytoskeletonEmbryo, MammalianFlavonoidsGene Expression RegulationHomocysteineModels, BiologicalNeuronsNeuroprotective AgentsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySignal TransductionAdam9 protein, ratADAM ProteinsFlavonoidsHomocysteineicariinNeuroprotective AgentshomocysteineicariinneuroprotectionRT2 Profiler PCR array

Identifiers

PMID27879670
PMCPMC6274412
OpenAlexW2552500959

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