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ArticleAfrican journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM2016

Ze Guo, Hong-Yan Xu, Lu Xu, Sha-Sha Wang, Xue-Mei Zhang

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Article in African journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 50 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ze GuoDepartment of Animal Medicine, Agricultural College of Yanbian University, Gongyuan Street, Yanji, Jilin 133002, China.
Hong-Yan XuDepartment of Animal Medicine, Agricultural College of Yanbian University, Gongyuan Street, Yanji, Jilin 133002, China.
Lu XuDepartment of Animal Medicine, Agricultural College of Yanbian University, Gongyuan Street, Yanji, Jilin 133002, China.
Sha-Sha WangDepartment of Animal Medicine, Agricultural College of Yanbian University, Gongyuan Street, Yanji, Jilin 133002, China.
Xue-Mei ZhangDepartment of Animal Medicine, Agricultural College of Yanbian University, Gongyuan Street, Yanji, Jilin 133002, China.
Yanbian University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMATERIALS AND

methodsThe

resultsThe results of

conclusionThese results of this study indicate that TFA have potential immunostimulatory and anti-inflammatory effects.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAstragalus PlantEdemaFlavonoidsHumansInterleukin-6MacrophagesMiceMice, Inbred BALB CPlant ExtractsRatsRats, WistarTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaAnti-Inflammatory AgentsFlavonoidsInterleukin-6Plant ExtractsTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaAnti-inflammationImmunomodulationIn vitroIn vivoTotal flavonoids of Astragalus (TFA)

Identifiers

PMID28852721
PMCPMC5566160
OpenAlexW2341940488

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