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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2017

The Ethanol Extract of Licorice

Ling-Juan Cao, Zhen-Yan Hou, Huan-De Li, Bi-Kui Zhang, Ping-Fei Fang, Da-Xiong Xiang, Zhi-Hua Li, Hui Gong, Yang Deng, Yan-Xia Ma and 2 more

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 27 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

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ling-Juan Cao *Department of Pharmacy, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China.
Zhen-Yan Hou *Department of Pharmacy, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China.
Huan-De LiDepartment of Pharmacy, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2431-5934
Bi-Kui ZhangDepartment of Pharmacy, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China.
Ping-Fei FangDepartment of Pharmacy, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China.
Da-Xiong XiangDepartment of Pharmacy, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China.
Zhi-Hua LiDepartment of Pharmacy, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China.
Hui GongDepartment of Pharmacy, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China.
Yang DengDepartment of Pharmacy, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China.
Yan-Xia MaDepartment of Pharmacy, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China.
Huai-Bo TangDepartment of Pharmacy, Chemistry College, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China.
Miao YanDepartment of Pharmacy, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7457-5622
Central South University · CNXiangtan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To investigate the potential role of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) in licorice ethanol extract (LEE) against triptolide- (TP-) induced hepatotoxicity, HepG2 cells were exposed to LEE (30, 60, and 90 mg·L

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PMCPMC5634606
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