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ReviewHeliyon2019

Treatment of signs and symptoms of the common cold using EPs 7630 - results of a meta-analysis.

Andreas Schapowal, Gustav Dobos, Holger Cramer, Kian Chung Ong, Martin Adler, Andrea Zimmermann, Juliette Brandes-Schramm, Walter Lehmacher

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In one paragraph

Review in Heliyon, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Short-term Liver Safety ofActa medica Philippina · 2026
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  3. EPsInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  6. Interaction ofInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  8. Up-Regulated Vitamin D Receptor byPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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  9. Antiviral and Immunomodulatory Effects ofFrontiers in pharmacology · 2021
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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 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Andreas SchapowalAllergy Clinic, Hochwangstraβe 3, 7302 Landquart, Switzerland.
Gustav DobosDepartment of Internal and Integrative Medicine, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Am Deimelsberg 34a, 45276 Essen, Germany.
Holger CramerDepartment of Internal and Integrative Medicine, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Am Deimelsberg 34a, 45276 Essen, Germany.
Kian Chung OngKC Ong Chest & Medical Clinic, 3 Mount Elizabeth #12-03, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, Singapore 228510.
Martin AdlerInstitute of Integrative Medicine Siegen, University of Münster, Lärchenweg 27, 57078 Siegen, Germany.
Andrea ZimmermannClinical Research, Dr. Willmar Schwabe GmbH & Co. KG, Willmar-Schwabe-Straβe 4, 76227 Karlsruhe, Germany.
Juliette Brandes-SchrammClinical Research, Dr. Willmar Schwabe GmbH & Co. KG, Willmar-Schwabe-Straβe 4, 76227 Karlsruhe, Germany.
Walter LehmacherEmeritus, University of Cologne, Institute of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Epidemiology, Kerpener Straβe 62, 50931 Cologne, Germany.
Dr Willmar Schwabe (Germany) · DEKliniken Essen-Mitte · DEMount Elizabeth Hospital · SGUniversity of Cologne · DEUniversity of Siegen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The efficacy of

Indexed as

Clinical researchCommon coldEfficacyEPs 7630Evidence-based medicineInfectious diseaseMeta-analysisPelargonium sidoidesPharmacologyRespiratory systemSafety

Identifiers

PMID31844762
PMCPMC6888731
OpenAlexW2991155201

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Registered trials

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