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SynthesisFrontiers in pharmacology2019

The Effects of Curcumin on Weight Loss Among Patients With Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Maryam Akbari, Kamran B Lankarani, Reza Tabrizi, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan, Payam Peymani, Gordon Ferns, Amir Ghaderi, Zatollah Asemi

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
47citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
3.6field-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

47 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 98 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Natural Products in the Clinical Management of Metabolic Syndrome.Handbook of experimental pharmacology · 2025
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  19. Structural Variances in Curcumin Degradants: Impact on Obesity in Mice.Journal of agricultural and food chemistry · 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

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Maryam AkbariHealth Policy Research Center, Institute of Health, Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Kamran B LankaraniHealth Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Reza TabriziHealth Policy Research Center, Institute of Health, Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Majid Ghayour-MobarhanMetabolic Syndrome Research Center, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Payam PeymaniHealth Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Gordon FernsDivision of Medical Education, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, United Kingdom.
Amir GhaderiDepartment of Addiction Studies, School of Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
Zatollah AsemiResearch Center for Biochemistry and Nutrition in Metabolic Diseases, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences · IRKashan University of Medical Sciences · IRBrighton and Sussex Medical School · GBMashhad University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

BMIcurcuminleptinmeta-analysisweight loss

Identifiers

PMID31249528
PMCPMC6582779
OpenAlexW2949846642

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Registered trials

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