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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2018

The Potential Effect of Chinese Herbal Formula Hongqijiangzhi Fang in Improving NAFLD: Focusing on NLRP3 Inflammasome and Gut Microbiota.

Shu Liang, Yupei Zhang, Yuanjun Deng, Yifang He, Yinji Liang, Zien Liang, Yanning Chen, Kairui Tang, Runsen Chen, Qinhe Yang

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shu LiangSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
Yupei ZhangSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
Yuanjun DengSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
Yifang HeSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
Yinji LiangSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
Zien LiangSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
Yanning ChenSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
Kairui TangSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
Runsen ChenSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
Qinhe YangSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8484-6665
Jinan University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study investigates the potential therapeutic mechanism underlying the effects of the Chinese herbal formula Hongqijiangzhi Fang (HJF) on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in rats. Male Sprague Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into 4 groups (

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