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ReviewSaudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society2017

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Abdulrahman Koshak, Emad Koshak, Michael Heinrich

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In one paragraph

Review in Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  16. Protective Effects of Black Cumin (International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  17. Black Cumin (Nutrients · 2021
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  18. Patients' Behavior Regarding Dietary or Herbal Supplements before and during COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Abdulrahman KoshakResearch Cluster Biodiversity and Medicines, UCL School of Pharmacy, University College London, London, UK.
Emad KoshakAllergy and Clinical Immunology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Michael HeinrichResearch Cluster Biodiversity and Medicines, UCL School of Pharmacy, University College London, London, UK.
King Abdulaziz University · SAUniversity College London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

ACT, Asthma Control TestAsthmaBlack seedClinical studiesFeNO, fractional exhaled nitric oxideFEV1, forced expiratory volume in one secondGINA, Global Initiative for AsthmaIgE, Immunoglobulin EIL, InterleukinNigella sativaNS, Nigella sativa L.RDBCT, Randomised Double-Blinded Clinical TrialRDBPCT, Randomised Double-Blinded Placebo-Controlled Clinical TrialRSBPCT, Randomised Single-Blinded Placebo-Controlled Clinical TrialTh1, Type 1 T helper (Th1) cellsTh2, Type 2 T helper (Th2) cellsTraditional medicine

Identifiers

PMID30166900
PMCPMC6111118
OpenAlexW2735820008

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Registered trials

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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.