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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Hepatoprotective Effects of a Functional Formula of Three Chinese Medicinal Herbs: Experimental Evidence and Network Pharmacology-Based Identification of Mechanism of Action and Potential Bioactive Components.

Sha Li, Ning Wang, Ming Hong, Hor-Yue Tan, Guofeng Pan, Yibin Feng

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.5field-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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 48 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sha LiSchool of Chinese Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. u3003781@connect.hku.hk.
Ning WangSchool of Chinese Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. ckwang@hku.hk.
Ming HongSchool of Chinese Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. hong1986@connect.hku.hk.
Hor-Yue TanSchool of Chinese Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Guofeng PanSchool of Chinese Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. pan.gf1218@163.com.
Yibin FengSchool of Chinese Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. yfeng@hku.hk.
University of Hong Kong · HKCity University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Research Institute · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Various Chinese herbal medicines (CHMs) have shown beneficial liver protection effects. Jian-Gan-Bao (JGB), a functional herbal formula, consists of three famous CHMs, including

Indexed as

AnimalsBiomarkersComputational BiologyDisease Models, AnimalDrugs, Chinese HerbalFibrosisGene Expression ProfilingGene Regulatory NetworksLiverLiver Diseases, AlcoholicLiver Function TestsMaleMiceNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseProtective AgentsBiomarkersDrugs, Chinese HerbalProtective AgentsCoriolus versicolorfunction herbal formulaliver diseasenetwork pharmacologySalvia miltiorrhizaSchisandra chinensis

Identifiers

PMID29414910
PMCPMC6017312
OpenAlexW2789691313

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