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ArticleJournal of inflammation research2020

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Khalid Bashir Dar, Ishfaq Shafi Khan, Shajrul Amin, Aijaz Hassan Ganie, Aashiq Hussain Bhat, Showkat Ahmad Dar, Bilal Ahmad Reshi, Showkat Ahmad Ganie

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

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 39% 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

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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, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Khalid Bashir DarDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry/Biochemistry, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Ishfaq Shafi KhanCentre of Research for Development, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Shajrul AminDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry/Biochemistry, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Aijaz Hassan GanieDepartment of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Aashiq Hussain BhatCancer Research and Diagnostic Centre, SKIMS, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Showkat Ahmad DarRegional Research Institute of Unani Medicine, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Bilal Ahmad ReshiDepartment of Biotechnology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Showkat Ahmad GanieDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry/Biochemistry, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.ORCID 0000-0001-6295-4959
University of Kashmir · INRegional Research Institute of Unani Medicine · INSher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionChronic inflammation is implicated in a multitude of diseases, including arthritis, neurodegeneration, autoimmune myositis, type 2 diabetes, rheumatic disorders, spondylitis, and cancer. Therefore, strategies to explore potent anti-inflammatory regimens are pivotal from a human-health perspective. Medicinal plants represent a vast unexplored treasure trove of therapeutically active constituents with diverse pharmacological activities, including anti-inflammatory properties. Herein, we evaluated

methodsSoxhlet extraction was used to obtain different solvent extracts (hexane, ethyl acetate, ethanol, methanol, and aqueous extract) in increasing order of polarity. In vitro anti-inflammatory assays were performed to investigate the effects of extracts on protein denaturation, proteinase activity, nitric oxide surge, and erythrocyte-membrane stabilization. The most effective extracts, ie, ethyl acetate (CTEA) and ethanol (CTE) extracts (150-200 g) were selected for further in vivo analysis using albino Wistar rats. Wistar rats received varying concentrations of CTEA and CTE (25, 50, and 100 mg/kg) for 3 weeks, followed by a single subplantar injection of lipopolysaccharide. Dexamethasone served as positive control. Blood was obtained from the retro-orbital plexus and serum separated for estimation of proinflammatory cytokines (IL6, IL1β, IFNγ and TNFα). Western blotting was performed to study expression patterns of crucial proteins implicated in the NFκB pathway, ie, NFκB p65, NFκB1 p50, and NFκB2 p52. Histopathological examination was done and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) carried out to reveal the identity of compounds responsible for ameliorating effects of

resultsAmong five tested extracts, CTEA and CTE showed marked inhibition of protein denaturation, proteinase activity, nitric oxide surge and erythrocyte-membrane hemolysis at 600 μg/mL (

conclusion

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chronic inflammationcompoundscytokineimmunoresponseinterleukinnitric oxide

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PMID33173324
PMCPMC7646511
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