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ArticleJournal of medicinal food2019

Evaluation of Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Herbal Aqueous Extracts and Their Chemical Characterization.

Pragney Deme, Chandrakala Aluganti Narasimhulu, Sampath Parthasarathy

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Article in Journal of medicinal food, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Ameliorative effects ofJournal of traditional and complementary medicine · 2025
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  4. Biometabolites ofNutrients · 2023
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  6. Differential Nutrition-Health Properties ofFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  7. Cubeb (Frontiers in nutrition · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pragney DemeCollege of Medicine, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Chandrakala Aluganti NarasimhuluCollege of Medicine, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Sampath ParthasarathyCollege of Medicine, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA.
University of Central Florida · US

Funding

Non-pharmacological control of atherosclerosisR01AT004106 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA · PI PARTHASARATHY, SAMPATH · 2010 to 2014
$1.9M
NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT004106
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plant extracts are gaining more attention as therapeutic agents against inflammation. In this study, four different widely used herbals were selected, such as holy basil leaf, sesame seed, long pepper, and cubeb pepper. We have evaluated the anti-inflammatory action of an aqueous extract from these herbs and tested their effects on monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs). MDMs were pre-treated with these extracts individually for 2 h, followed by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation for 24 h and pro-inflammatory gene expression was analyzed. Also, we studied the effect of these extracts on the oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) by enzymatic (Myeloperoxidase) and non-enzymatic (copper) reactions. All extracts attenuated LPS-induced inflammation and also were able to inhibit the oxidation of LDL. These beneficial actions of extracts led us to identify molecules present in the extracts. A liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometric analysis was performed to identify the chemical composition of extracts. Wide range of molecules were identified across all the extracts, short-chain organic acids, phenolic acids and derivatives, piperine and its structural homologues, eugenol, rosmarinic acid, flavonoids and their glucosides, and others. This study opens a door for future studies on non-pharmacological natural therapeutics that will be useful for consumers and producers, as well as industries utilizing bioactive compounds.

Indexed as

Anti-Inflammatory AgentsCell LineDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalFlavonoidsHumansInflammationMacrophagesOcimum basilicumPiperPlant ExtractsPlants, MedicinalSesamumAnti-Inflammatory AgentsFlavonoidsPlant Extracts

Identifiers

PMID31241395
PMCPMC6686693
OpenAlexW2956037190

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