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ArticleBiochemistry research international2020

Cognitive-Enhancing,

Gervason Moriasi, Anthony Ireri, Mathew Ngugi

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Article in Biochemistry research international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 21 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gervason MoriasiKenyatta University, Department of Biochemistry Microbiology and Biotechnology, P.O. Box 43844-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5604-9987
Anthony IreriKenyatta University, Department of Educational Psychology, P.O. Box 43844-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8999-9273
Mathew NgugiKenyatta University, Department of Biochemistry Microbiology and Biotechnology, P.O. Box 43844-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0226-9092
Kenyatta University · KE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over 50 million persons are living with cognitive deficits worldwide, with over 80% of these individuals living in the developing world. The number of affected persons is projected to go over 152 million by the year 2050. Current drugs used for cognitive impairment are debatably ineffective, costly, inaccessible, and associated with undesirable events that call for the search for alternative and complementary approaches. Plants are arguably affordable, accessible, and efficacious. However, despite the reported healing claims, scientific data validating these claims are lacking.

Identifiers

PMID33354371
PMCPMC7734602
OpenAlexW3089873677

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