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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2017

The Vasodilatory Effects of Anti-Inflammatory Herb Medications: A Comparison Study of Four Botanical Extracts.

Hong Ping Zhang, Dan-Dan Zhang, Yan Ke, Ka Bian

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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, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

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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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Hong Ping ZhangNational Clinical Research Base of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830011, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4312-0099
Dan-Dan ZhangMurad Research Institute for Modernized Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0591-2167
Yan KeTeaching Experimental Center, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.
Ka BianDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6582-7787
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNGeorge Washington University · USXinjiang Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammation plays a pivotal role in the development and progression of cardiovascular diseases, in which, the endothelium dysfunction has been a key element. The current study was designed to explore the vasodilatory effect of anti-inflammatory herbs which have been traditionally used in different clinical applications. The total saponins from

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