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ReviewThe Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology2017

Sandalwood Album Oil as a Botanical Therapeutic in Dermatology.

Ronald L Moy, Corey Levenson

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Review in The Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 58 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Ronald L MoyDr. Moy is from Facial Cosmetic Surgery in Beverly Hills, California.
Corey LevensonDr. Moy is from Facial Cosmetic Surgery in Beverly Hills, California.
American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many skin conditions and diseases are characterized by inflammation, infection, and hyperplasia. Safe and effective topical treatment options that can be used long-term are needed. Traditional botanical medicines, which are often complex mixtures that exert their biological activities via multiple mechanisms of action, are being studied as potential new active ingredients in dermatology. Sandalwood album oil (SAO), also known as East Indian sandalwood oil (EISO), is an essential oil distilled from the

Indexed as

acneanti-inflammatoryantimicrobialantiproliferativeatopic dermatitisbotanical drugsEast Indian sandalwood oileczemaMolluscum contagiosumpsoriasissandalwood oilSantalum album oil

Identifiers

PMID29344319
PMCPMC5749697
OpenAlexW2992196370

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Registered trials

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