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ArticleJournal of intercultural ethnopharmacology

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Kushal Biswas, A K Azad, Taposhi Sultana, Farzana Khan, Saiyara Hossain, Sanzida Alam, Rayhan Chowdhary, Yasmin Khatun

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Article in Journal of intercultural ethnopharmacology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 26% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kushal BiswasDepartment of Pharmacy, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
A K AzadDepartment of Pharmacy, Bangladesh University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Taposhi SultanaDepartment of Pharmacy, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Farzana KhanDepartment of Pharmacy, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Saiyara HossainDepartment of Pharmacy, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Sanzida AlamDepartment of Pharmacy, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Rayhan ChowdharyDepartment of Pharmacy, Bangladesh University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Yasmin KhatunDepartment of Pharmacy, Bangladesh University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
East West University · BDBangladesh University · BD

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLow level of acetylcholine (ACh) is an important hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD), a common type of progressive neurodegenerative disorder. Effective treatment strategies rely mostly on either enhancing the cholinergic function of the brain by improving the level of ACh from being a breakdown by cholinesterase enzymes. Again atherothrombosis is major life-threatening cerebral diseases. Traditionally MATERIALS AND

methodsThe crude methanol extract was prepared by cold extraction method and was assessed for acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) inhibitory activities by the Ellman's method. For thrombolytic activity clot lysis method was applied.

resultsTo compare both the fractions, extracts from the bark got more AChE inhibitory activity than the seed with the inhibitory concentration 50% IC

conclusionThe results revealed that the CME of bark and seed both have moderate cholinesterases inhibitory activities as well as thrombolytic activities, worth of further investigations to identify the promising molecule(s) potentially useful in the treatment of AD as well as in clotting disorders.

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Alzheimer’s diseasecholinesterase inhibitionclotting disorderTamarindus indicathrombolysis

Identifiers

PMID28163969
PMCPMC5289080
OpenAlexW2570313579

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