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ReviewCNS drugs2017

Therapeutic Potential of Baicalein in Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease.

Yanwei Li, Jinying Zhao, Christian Hölscher

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Review in CNS drugs, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

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54citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 106 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Yanwei LiDepartment of Human Anatomy, Medical College, Shaoyang University, Xueyuan Road Qiliping Campus, Shaoyang, 422000, Hunan, People's Republic of China. liyanwei915@163.com.
Jinying ZhaoDepartment of Human Anatomy, Medical College, Shaoyang University, Xueyuan Road Qiliping Campus, Shaoyang, 422000, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
Christian HölscherBiomedical and Life Science, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, UK.
Shaoyang University · CNLancaster University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease are the two most common, progressive central neurodegenerative diseases affecting the population over the age of 60 years. Apart from treatments that temporarily improve symptoms, there is no medicine currently available to inhibit or reverse the progression of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. In traditional Chinese medicine, the root of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi is a classic compatible component in the decoction of herbal medicine used for treating central nervous system diseases. Modern pharmacokinetic studies have confirmed that baicalein (5,6,7-trihydroxyflavone) is a major bioactive flavone constituent root of S. baicalensis Georgi. Studies showed that baicalein possesses a range of key pharmacological properties, such as reducing oxidative stress, anti-inflammatory properties, inhibiting aggregation of disease-specific amyloid proteins, inhibiting excitotoxicity, stimulating neurogenesis and differentiation action, and anti-apoptosis effects. Based on these properties, baicalein shows therapeutic potential for Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. In this review, we summarize the pharmacological protective actions of baicalein that make it suitable for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, and discuss the potential mechanisms underlying the effects.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAnimalsAntioxidantsFlavanonesHumansParkinson DiseaseAntioxidantsbaicaleinFlavanones

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PMID28634902
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