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Trial reportInternational journal of molecular sciences2017

Effects of a Combination of Berberis aristata, Silybum marianum and Monacolin on Lipid Profile in Subjects at Low Cardiovascular Risk; A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Giuseppe Derosa, Angela D'Angelo, Davide Romano, Pamela Maffioli

Open access · goldFull text readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in International journal of molecular sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  6. Review
  7. Silymarin Reduced Insulin Resistance in Non-Diabetic Women with Obesity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  12. Phytopharmacology and Clinical Updates ofFrontiers in pharmacology · 2020
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  13. Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019
    Review
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Giuseppe DerosaCentre of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pavia and Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy. giuseppe.derosa@unipv.it.
Angela D'AngeloCentre of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pavia and Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy. labmedmol@smatteo.pv.it.
Davide RomanoCentre of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pavia and Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy. dr.davideromano85@gmail.com.
Pamela MaffioliCentre of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pavia and Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy. pamelamaffioli@hotmail.it.
University of Pavia · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of an anti-hypercholesterolemic agent containing

Indexed as

AdultAnticholesteremic AgentsBerberisBiomarkersBlood GlucoseCardiovascular DiseasesDrug CombinationsFemaleHumansInflammation MediatorsInsulinLipidsLovastatinMaleMiddle AgedPlant ExtractsAnticholesteremic AgentsBiomarkersBlood GlucoseDrug CombinationsInflammation MediatorsInsulinLipidsLovastatinPlant ExtractsBerberis aristatalipid profilemonacolin KnutraceuticalSilybum marianum

Identifiers

PMID28178209
PMCPMC5343878
OpenAlexW2586920938

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