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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2020

Erchen Decoction Mitigates Lipid Metabolism Disorder by the Regulation of PPAR

Mengting Zhang, Yanfei Shao, Bizhen Gao, Jicheng Chen, Ping Zhang, Yujie Hu, Shanshan Ding

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Erchen Decoction Ameliorates the Metabolic Abnormalities of High-Fat Diet-Fed Rats.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022
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  12. ncRNAs regulate bovine adipose tissue deposition.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mengting ZhangThe First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361003, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0301-6580
Yanfei ShaoFujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou 350122, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4228-4833
Bizhen GaoFujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou 350122, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3792-7761
Jicheng ChenDepartment of Endocrinology, Quanzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Quanzhou 362002, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3596-4267
Ping ZhangFujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou 350122, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0754-0988
Yujie HuFujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou 350122, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3369-5278
Shanshan DingFujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou 350122, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2341-2476
Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University · CNHangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Erchen decoction (ECD) is a common treatment prescribed in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinics, which has remarkable efficacy in the treatment of obesity, fatty liver, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and other diseases caused by phlegm. In this study, we investigated the effect that ECD had on the lipid metabolism induced by high-fat diet in C57BL/6 mice. Body weight, body length, and abdominal circumference were detected. Blood lipid content was measured via biochemical assay kit. The gene and protein expression of PPAR

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