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ReviewDrug design, development and therapy2018

Pharmacological activities, mechanisms of action, and safety of salidroside in the central nervous system.

Zhifeng Zhong, Jing Han, Jizhou Zhang, Qing Xiao, Juan Hu, Lidian Chen

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Review in Drug design, development and therapy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
57citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

57 citing papers in PubMed, 134 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Salidroside Protects Against Simazine-Induced Neurotoxicity by ActivatingInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  14. Therapeutic potential ofInternational journal of medical sciences · 2025
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  17. Salidroside attenuates sepsis-induced acute lung injury by inhibiting ferroptosis-dependent pathway.The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2024
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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 at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhifeng ZhongInstitute of Materia Medica, Fujian Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China.
Jing HanInstitute of Materia Medica, Fujian Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China.
Jizhou ZhangInstitute of Materia Medica, Fujian Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China.
Qing XiaoInstitute of Materia Medica, Fujian Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China.
Juan HuInstitute of Materia Medica, Fujian Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China.
Lidian ChenInstitute of Materia Medica, Fujian Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China.
Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The primary objective of this review article was to summarize comprehensive information related to the neuropharmacological activity, mechanisms of action, toxicity, and safety of salidroside in medicine. A number of studies have revealed that salidroside exhibits neuroprotective activities, including anti-Alzheimer's disease, anti-Parkinson's disease, anti-Huntington's disease, anti-stroke, anti-depressive effects, and anti-traumatic brain injury; it is also useful for improving cognitive function, treating addiction, and preventing epilepsy. The mechanisms underlying the potential protective effects of salidroside involvement are the regulation of oxidative stress response, inflammation, apoptosis, hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis, neurotransmission, neural regeneration, and the cholinergic system. Being free of side effects makes salidroside potentially attractive as a candidate drug for the treatment of neurological disorders. It is evident from the available published literature that salidroside has potential use as a beneficial therapeutic medicine with high efficacy and low toxicity to the central nervous system. However, the definite target protein molecules remain unclear, and clinical trials regarding this are currently insufficient; thus, guidance for further research on the molecular mechanisms and clinical applications of salidroside is urgent.

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisCentral Nervous SystemGlucosidesHumansInflammationNervous System DiseasesNeuroprotective AgentsOxidative StressPhenolsGlucosidesNeuroprotective AgentsPhenolsrhodiolosideAlzheimer’s diseaseclinical trialscognitive impairmentParkinson’s diseasesalidrosidestroke

Identifiers

PMID29872270
PMCPMC5973445
OpenAlexW2803156147

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