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ArticleToxicology reports2015

In-vitro anti-cholinesterase activity of essential oil from four tropical medicinal plants.

I A Owokotomo, O Ekundayo, T G Abayomi, A V Chukwuka

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Article in Toxicology reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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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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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 110 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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

I A OwokotomoDepartment of Chemistry, Federal University of Technology Akure, Akure, Nigeria.
O EkundayoDepartment of Chemistry, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
T G AbayomiDepartment of Chemical Science, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Nigeria.
A V ChukwukaEcology and Environmental Biology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
University of Ibadan · NGAdekunle Ajasin University · NGFederal University of Technology · NG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The chemical inhibition of acetyl-cholinesterase (AChE) is a potent strategy for addressing signal related neuropathology and natural products are potential sources of compounds with such properties. Essential oil extracts from leaf, seed, stem and rhizome of four medicinal plants [

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Acetyl-cholinesterase inhibitionEssential oilsHydro-distillationMedicinal plants

Identifiers

PMID28962420
PMCPMC5598398
OpenAlexW276506466

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