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ReviewFrontiers in aging neuroscience2018

Phyto-Therapeutic and Nanomedicinal Approaches to Cure Alzheimer's Disease: Present Status and Future Opportunities.

Muhammad Ovais, Nashmia Zia, Irshad Ahmad, Ali Talha Khalil, Abida Raza, Muhammad Ayaz, Abdul Sadiq, Farhat Ullah, Zabta Khan Shinwari

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Review in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Muhammad OvaisDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Nashmia ZiaNational Institute of Lasers and Optronics, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Irshad AhmadDepartment of Life Sciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Ali Talha KhalilDepartment of Eastern Medicine and Surgery, Qarshi University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Abida RazaNational Institute of Lasers and Optronics, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Muhammad AyazDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Malakand, Chakdara, Pakistan.
Abdul SadiqDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Malakand, Chakdara, Pakistan.
Farhat UllahDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Malakand, Chakdara, Pakistan.
Zabta Khan ShinwariDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by cognitive inability manifested due to the accumulation of β-amyloid, formation of hyper phosphorylated neurofibrillary tangles, and a malfunctioned cholinergic system. The degeneration integrity of the neuronal network can appear long after the onset of the disease. Nanotechnology-based interventions have opened an exciting area via theranostics of AD in terms of tailored nanomedicine, which are able to target and deliver drugs across the blood-brain barrier (BBB). The exciting interface existing between medicinal plants and nanotechnology is an emerging marvel in medicine, which has delivered promising results in the treatment of AD. In order to assess the potential applications of the medicinal plants, their derived components, and various nanomedicinal approaches, a review of literature was deemed as necessary. In the present review, numerous phytochemicals and various feats in nanomedicine for the treatment of AD have been discussed mechanistically for the first time. Furthermore, recent trends in nanotechnology such as green synthesis of metal nanoparticles with reference to the treatment of AD have been elaborated. Foreseeing the recent progress, we hope that the interface of medicinal plants and nanotechnology will lead to highly effective theranostic strategies for the treatment of AD in the near future.

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Alzheimer’s diseasegreen synthesismedicinal plantsnanotechnologytheranostic NPs

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PMID30405389
PMCPMC6205985

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