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ArticleAyu

Ayurveda: Science of life, genetics, and epigenetics.

Hari Sharma

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Article in Ayu. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
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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

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Ayurveda Treatments for Insomnia: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026
    Review
  2. Review
  3. Ayurvedic Ingredients in Dermatology: A Call for Research.Journal of cosmetic dermatology · 2025
    Review
  4. Review
  5. Review
  6. Article
  7. Ayurveda and Epigenetics.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2020
    Review
  8. Ayurgenomics and Modern Medicine.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2020
    Review
  9. Review
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

1 author.

Hari SharmaOSU Integrative Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ayurveda is a traditional system of medicine originated in the ancient

Indexed as

AyurvedaepigeneticsgeneticsVedic

Identifiers

PMID29200745
PMCPMC5688840

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