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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2017

A Chinese Herbal Formula, Gengnianchun, Ameliorates

Fanhui Meng, Jun Li, Yanqiu Rao, Wenjun Wang, Yan Fu

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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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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 16 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fanhui MengDepartment of Gynecology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9541-502X
Jun LiDepartment of Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine, Obstetrical and Gynecological Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6366-7564
Yanqiu RaoDepartment of Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine, Obstetrical and Gynecological Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4725-7087
Wenjun WangDepartment of Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine, Obstetrical and Gynecological Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5715-0999
Yan FuDepartment of Gynecology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3640-829X
Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University · CNJilin University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-related neurodegenerative disorder, and the few drugs that are currently available only treat the symptoms. Traditional medicine or phytotherapy has been shown to protect against AD. In our previous studies, Gengnianchun (GNC), a traditional Chinese medicine formula with a prolongevity effect, protected against A

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