Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32670738›Full record

Article3 Biotech2020

Chemoprophylactic activity of nitazoxanide in experimental model of mammary gland carcinoma in rats.

Ajay Kumar Pal, Mukesh Nandave, Gaurav Kaithwas

Open access · greenAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in 3 Biotech, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mitigation of micropollutant toxicity in treated wastewater using the HEnvironmental science and pollution research international · 2026
    Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Targeting the Wnt signaling pathway for breast cancer bone metastasis therapy.Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2022
    Review
  5. Anthelmintics for drug repurposing: Opportunities and challenges.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2021
    Review
  6. Review
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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ajay Kumar PalDepartment of Pharmacology, Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University, Pushp Vihar, Sector-3, MB Road, New Delhi, 110017 India.ORCID 0000-0001-7776-5923
Mukesh NandaveDepartment of Pharmacology, Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University, Pushp Vihar, Sector-3, MB Road, New Delhi, 110017 India.
Gaurav KaithwasDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Vidya Vihar, Rae Bareli Road, Lucknow, 226025 India.
Delhi Pharmaceutical Science and Research University · INBabasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current study focuses on the evaluation of the chemoprophylactic activity of nitazoxanide against the mammary gland carcinoma in experimental rats. The experimental protocol involves total 50 female Wistar albino rats of body weight 120-150 g, which were randomly categorized into five groups; Normal control (1% w/v carboxymethyl cellulose, p.o.); Toxic control (N-methyl-N-nitrosourea, MNU, 47 mg/kg i.v.); Standard (MNU, 47 mg/kg i.v. + tamoxifen, 1 mg/kg p.o.); Treatment 1 (MNU, 47 mg/kg i.v. + NTZ low-dose, 25 mg/kg p.o.); and Treatment 2 (MNU, 47 mg/kg, i.v. + NTZ high-dose, 50 mg/kg p.o.). The mammary gland carcinoma was induced by a single tail vein intravenous injection of MNU at a 47 mg/kg dose. Seven days after MNU administration, daily dosing of nitazoxanide and tamoxifen was initiated till 110th day in respective groups. The MNU toxicity was apparent with the altered electrocardiogram and heart rate variability, increased number of alveolar bud count, differentiation score, and upregulated antioxidant parameters. Nitazoxanide treatment restored the histological architecture in rats along with the reduction of alveolar buds and downregulation of oxidative stress markers as well as inflammatory markers. Therefore, nitazoxanide can be utilized as a potential chemoprophylactic agent against mammary gland carcinoma induced by MNU.

Indexed as

Breast cancerLymph node metastasisMammary gland carcinomaNitazoxanideN-methyl-N-nitrosourea

Identifiers

PMID32670738
PMCPMC7343672
OpenAlexW3041616778

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.