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ArticleOncology letters2018

β-elemene enhances anticancer and anti-metastatic effects of osteosarcoma of ligustrazine

Min Fang, Xiaolong Mei, Hui Yao, Tao Zhang, Tao Zhang, Na Lu, Yanshi Liu, Wenyue Xu, Chunyou Wan

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Article in Oncology letters, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-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

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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Min FangDepartment of Trauma, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin 300211, P.R. China.
Xiaolong MeiDepartment of Trauma, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin 300211, P.R. China.
Hui YaoDepartment of Trauma, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin 300211, P.R. China.
Tao ZhangDepartment of Trauma, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin 300211, P.R. China.
Tao ZhangDepartment of Trauma, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin 300211, P.R. China.
Na LuDepartment of Trauma, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin 300211, P.R. China.
Yanshi LiuDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300270, P.R. China.
Wenyue XuDepartment of Ultrasonography, Tianjin Liulin Hospital, Tianjin 300222, P.R. China.
Chunyou WanDepartment of Trauma, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin 300211, P.R. China.
Tianjin Hospital · CNTianjin Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study aimed to determine the anticancer effects of the combination of β-elemene and ligustrazine

Indexed as

anticancerligustrazinemouseOS-732 cellsβ-elemene

Identifiers

PMID29467906
PMCPMC5795946
OpenAlexW2784268441

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