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ReviewBritish journal of pharmacology2020

Natural compounds as potential adjuvants to cancer therapy: Preclinical evidence.

Shian-Ren Lin, Chia-Hsiang Chang, Che-Fang Hsu, May-Jwan Tsai, Henrich Cheng, Max K Leong, Ping-Jyun Sung, Jian-Chyi Chen, Ching-Feng Weng

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Review in British journal of pharmacology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 210 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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210citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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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

210 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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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

9 authors.

Shian-Ren LinDepartment of Life Science and Institute of Biotechnology, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-4160-2361
Chia-Hsiang ChangDepartment of Life Science and Institute of Biotechnology, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan.
Che-Fang HsuDepartment of Life Science and Institute of Biotechnology, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan.
May-Jwan TsaiNeural Regeneration Laboratory, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan.
Henrich ChengNeural Regeneration Laboratory, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan.
Max K LeongDepartment of Chemistry, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan.
Ping-Jyun SungGraduate Institute of Marine Biotechnology, National Dong Hwa University, Pingtung, Taiwan.
Jian-Chyi ChenDepartment of Biotechnology, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan City, Taiwan.
Ching-Feng WengGraduate Institute of Marine Biotechnology, National Dong Hwa University, Pingtung, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-9747-8697

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traditional chemotherapy is being considered due to hindrances caused by systemic toxicity. Currently, the administration of multiple chemotherapeutic drugs with different biochemical/molecular targets, known as combination chemotherapy, has attained numerous benefits like efficacy enhancement and amelioration of adverse effects that has been broadly applied to various cancer types. Additionally, seeking natural-based alternatives with less toxicity has become more important. Experimental evidence suggests that herbal extracts such as Solanum nigrum and Claviceps purpurea and isolated herbal compounds (e.g., curcumin, resveratrol, and matairesinol) combined with antitumoral drugs have the potential to attenuate resistance against cancer therapy and to exert chemoprotective actions. Plant products are not free of risks: Herb adverse effects, including herb-drug interactions, should be carefully considered. LINKED ARTICLES: This article is part of a themed section on The Pharmacology of Nutraceuticals. To view the other articles in this section visit http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.v177.6/issuetoc.

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CurcuminNeoplasmsDietary SupplementsHumansCurcumin

Identifiers

PMID31368509
PMCPMC7056458

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