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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Phytochemical, Cytotoxicity, Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of

Sanah M Nkadimeng, Alice Nabatanzi, Christiaan M L Steinmann, Jacobus N Eloff

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sanah M NkadimengPhytomedicine Programme, Paraclinical Sciences Department, University of Pretoria, P/Bag X04, Onderstepoort, Pretoria, Gauteng 0110, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-5647-7156
Alice NabatanziPhytomedicine Programme, Paraclinical Sciences Department, University of Pretoria, P/Bag X04, Onderstepoort, Pretoria, Gauteng 0110, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-5675-9345
Christiaan M L SteinmannPhysiology Department, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Ga-Rankuwa, Gauteng 0208, South Africa.
Jacobus N EloffPhytomedicine Programme, Paraclinical Sciences Department, University of Pretoria, P/Bag X04, Onderstepoort, Pretoria, Gauteng 0110, South Africa.
University of Pretoria · ZASefako Makgatho Health Sciences University · ZA

Funding

Future Africa (University of Pretoria) Al NabanziHealth and Welfare Sector Education and Training Authority (HWSETA) SM Nkadimeng
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Psilocybin-containing mushrooms, commonly known as magic mushrooms, have been used since ancient and recent times for depression and to improve quality of life. However, their anti-inflammatory properties are not known. The study aims at investing cytotoxicity; antioxidant; and, for the first time, anti-inflammatory effects of

Indexed as

anti-inflammatoryantioxidantcytokinescytotoxicitydepressionmedicinal mushroomPsilocybe natalensis

Identifiers

PMID32878164
PMCPMC7570254
OpenAlexW3081977832

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