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ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2018

Pharmacological Effect of Quercetin in Hypertension and Its Potential Application in Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension: Review of

Marcin Ożarowski, Przemysław Ł Mikołajczak, Radosław Kujawski, Karolina Wielgus, Andrzej Klejewski, Hubert Wolski, Agnieszka Seremak-Mrozikiewicz

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Review 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 32 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.3field-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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Polyphenols for the Prevention or Management of Preeclampsia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2025
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  3. Quercetin ReducesInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  10. Total Water-Soluble Flavonoids FromJournal of diabetes research · 2024
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  15. Quercetin in Sports and Exercise: A review.International journal of exercise science · 2023
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  16. Combined Effects of Methyldopa and Baicalein orPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Marcin OżarowskiInstitute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants, Wojska Polskiego 71b, 60-630 Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2305-3116
Przemysław Ł MikołajczakInstitute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants, Wojska Polskiego 71b, 60-630 Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1252-6523
Radosław KujawskiDepartment of Pharmacology, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Rokietnicka, 5a, 60-806 Poznań, Poland.
Karolina WielgusInstitute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants, Wojska Polskiego 71b, 60-630 Poznań, Poland.
Andrzej KlejewskiDepartment of Nursing, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland.
Hubert WolskiDepartment of Perinatology and Women's Diseases, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Polna 33, 60-535 Poznań, Poland.
Agnieszka Seremak-MrozikiewiczInstitute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants, Wojska Polskiego 71b, 60-630 Poznań, Poland.
Poznan University of Medical Sciences · PLInstitute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since improving maternal and child health is a public health priority worldwide, the main aim of treatment of hypertension in pregnant women is to prevent complications during pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. In consequence, much attention is paid to the use of antihypertensive drugs that can be used safely during pregnancy. Several side effects of methyldopa, which is currently the most commonly used antihypertensive drug in pregnant women, mean that the search for an effective and safe alternative still continues. Flavonoid compounds present in medicinal plants, vegetables, and fruits may be a promising source of new drugs. In this aspect, quercetin, a well-known flavonoid due to its antihypertensive action, may be considered a prototype for safe antihypertensive drugs. This review focuses on the selective activity of quercetin. Based on recent studies, a few problems were discussed, including (1) pathology of pregnancy-induced hypertension; (2) search for new pharmacological treatments of pregnancy-induced hypertension; (3) issues with the use of herbal extracts during pregnancy; (4) flavonoids as natural active chemical compounds; (5) quercetin: its action during pregnancy,

Identifiers

PMID30622610
PMCPMC6304490
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