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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2018

A Mechanistic Overview of Triptolide and Celastrol, Natural Products from

Shao-Ru Chen, Yan Dai, Jing Zhao, Ligen Lin, Yitao Wang, Ying Wang

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 146 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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146citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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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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

146 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

6 authors.

Shao-Ru ChenState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine and Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China.
Yan DaiState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine and Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China.
Jing ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine and Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China.
Ligen LinState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine and Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China.
Yitao WangState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine and Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China.
Ying WangState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine and Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Triptolide and celastrol are predominantly active natural products isolated from the medicinal plant

Indexed as

celastrolmechanisms of actionstructure-activity-relationshipTripterygium wilfordii Hook Ftriptolide

Identifiers

PMID29491837
PMCPMC5817256

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