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Trial reportOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2020

Enhanced Efficacy of Direct-Acting Antivirals in Hepatitis C Patients by Coadministration of Black Cumin and Ascorbate as Antioxidant Adjuvants.

Sarfraz Ahmed, Adeela Zahoor, Muhammad Ibrahim, Muhammad Younus, Sadia Nawaz, Rahat Naseer, Qaiser Akram, Cun-Liang Deng, Suvash Chandra Ojha

Open access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Effect ofCurrent issues in molecular biology · 2023
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  8. Changes in Glutathione Content in Liver Diseases: An Update.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sarfraz AhmedDepartment of Basic Sciences, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, 51600, Narowal Campus, Pakistan.
Adeela ZahoorDepartment of Biochemistry, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan.
Muhammad IbrahimDepartment of Biochemistry, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan.
Muhammad YounusDepartment of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, 51600, Narowal Campus, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1925-1320
Sadia NawazInstitute of Biochemistry & Biotechnology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, 54000 Lahore, Pakistan.
Rahat NaseerInstitute of Biochemistry & Biotechnology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, 54000 Lahore, Pakistan.
Qaiser AkramDepartment of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, 51600, Narowal Campus, Pakistan.
Cun-Liang DengDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, China.
Suvash Chandra OjhaDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1289-2985
University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences · PKAffiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University · CNBahauddin Zakariya University · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The widespread adaptation of a new generation of direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) unveils a superlative effect in the eradication of the hepatitis C virus (HCV). However, this therapy has been reported to exhibit vigorous side effects that pose a risk in fleet recovery. This study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of DAAs: sofosbuvir (SOF) and ribavirin (RBV), along with black cumin (BLC) and ascorbate (ASC), as adjuvants on hematological parameters; oxidative stress markers such as total antioxidant status (TAS), superoxide dismutase (SOD), reduced (GSH) and oxidized (GSSG) glutathione (GSH), gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), and malondialdehyde (MDA); liver function markers such as aspartate transaminase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), bilirubin, and alkaline phosphatase (ALP); and viral load with determined genotypes. HCV-infected patients (

Indexed as

Adjuvants, PharmaceuticAntioxidantsAntiviral AgentsAscorbic AcidBiomarkersgamma-GlutamyltransferaseGlutathioneHepacivirusHepatitis C, ChronicHumansLiver Function TestsMalondialdehydeNigella sativaOxidative StressRibavirinSofosbuvirAdjuvants, PharmaceuticAntioxidantsAntiviral AgentsAscorbic AcidBiomarkersgamma-GlutamyltransferaseGlutathioneMalondialdehydeRibavirinSofosbuvirSuperoxide Dismutase

Identifiers

PMID32566096
PMCPMC7290872
OpenAlexW3032982451

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