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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Advances on Chelation and Chelator Metal Complexes in Medicine.

George J Kontoghiorghes

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Metallo-herb complexes as emerging therapeutics: chemistry, synthesis approaches, and pharmacological insights.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026
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  18. Metal Complexes of Omadine (Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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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

1 author.

George J KontoghiorghesDepartment, Postgraduate Research Institute of Science, Technology, Environment and Medicine, 3 Ammochostou Street, Limassol 3021, Cyprus.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metal ions such as iron, copper and zinc are essential for life. Chelators (Chele, greek χειλή-claw of a crab) are organic molecules possessing specific ligands which have high affinity and can bind/carry metal ions and play very important roles in living systems e.g., haemoglobin, transferrin, phytochelators and microbial siderophores [...].

Indexed as

Chelating AgentsChelation TherapyCoordination ComplexesCopperHumansIronLigandsZincChelating AgentsCoordination ComplexesCopperIronLigandsZincantioxidantschelating drugschelatorsdeferipronediagnosticsmetal complexestheranosticstherapeutics

Identifiers

PMID32260293
PMCPMC7177276
OpenAlexW3014250071

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Registered trials

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