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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Ursolic Acid and Its Derivatives as Bioactive Agents.

Sithenkosi Mlala, Adebola Omowunmi Oyedeji, Mavuto Gondwe, Opeoluwa Oyehan Oyedeji

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In one paragraph

Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 122 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
122citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

122 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 258 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sithenkosi MlalaDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of Fort Hare, Private Bag X1314, Alice 5700, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-4872-5700
Adebola Omowunmi OyedejiDepartment of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Private Bag X1, Mthatha 5117, South Africa.
Mavuto GondweDepartment of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Private Bag X1, Mthatha 5117, South Africa.
Opeoluwa Oyehan OyedejiDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of Fort Hare, Private Bag X1314, Alice 5700, South Africa. ooyedeji@ufh.ac.za.
University of Fort Hare · ZAWalter Sisulu University · ZA

Funding

National Research Foundation 101942
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory and cardiovascular diseases continue to be threatening and deadly to human kind. Resistance to and side effects of known drugs for treatment further increase the threat, while at the same time leaving scientists to search for alternative sources from nature, especially from plants. Pentacyclic triterpenoids (PT) from medicinal plants have been identified as one class of secondary metabolites that could play a critical role in the treatment and management of several NCDs. One of such PT is ursolic acid (UA, 3 β-hydroxy-urs-12-en-28-oic acid), which possesses important biological effects, including anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antidiabetic, antioxidant and antibacterial effects, but its bioavailability and solubility limits its clinical application.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansPhytochemicalsPlant ExtractsSpectrum AnalysisStructure-Activity RelationshipTriterpenesUrsolic AcidPhytochemicalsPlant ExtractsTriterpenesUrsolic Acidbiological studiesclinical trials.derivativesnon-communicable diseasespentacyclic triterpenoidssourcesursolic acid

Identifiers

PMID31362424
PMCPMC6695944
OpenAlexW2965731410

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Registered trials

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