Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29552273›Full record

ReviewThe Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology2018

Are Natural Ingredients Effective in the Management of Hyperpigmentation? A Systematic Review.

Jasmine C Hollinger, Kunal Angra, Rebat M Halder

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In one paragraph

Review in The Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Guideline
  2. Trial
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. A Narrative Review of the Multi-Target Mechanisms of Glabridin in Skin Lightening.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2026
    Review
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Self-Delivering RNAi Compounds for Reduction of Hyperpigmentation.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2024
    Article
  10. Article
  11. Skin Pigmentation Types, Causes and Treatment-A Review.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
    Review
  12. Natural products in cosmetics.Natural products and bioprospecting · 2022
    Review
  13. Article
  14. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
    Article
  15. Review
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  17. Article
  18. Trends in the Use of Botanicals in Anti-Aging Cosmetics.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
    Review
  19. [Topical treatment of pigmentation disorders with cosmetic and pharmaceutical agents].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2020
    Review
  20. Review
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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jasmine C HollingerDr. Hollinger is with the Department of Dermatology, University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi.
Kunal AngraDr. Hollinger is with the Department of Dermatology, University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi.
Rebat M HalderDr. Hollinger is with the Department of Dermatology, University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi.
Howard University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

hyperpigmentationmelasmanatural ingredients

Identifiers

PMID29552273
PMCPMC5843359
OpenAlexW2989032704

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
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Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.