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ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2020

Ethnopharmacological Use and Biological Activities of

Mumtaz S Pallie, Pathirage K Perera, Nishantha Kumarasinghe, Menuka Arawwawala, Charitha L Goonasekara

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Review in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Exploring the Antioxidant Potential ofAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
    Article
  2. Flavonoid Composition and Antioxidant Activity ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
    Article
  3. Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
    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

5 authors.

Mumtaz S PallieFaculty of Medicine, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka.
Pathirage K PereraInstitute for Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0337-1336
Nishantha KumarasingheFaculty of Medicine, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka.
Menuka ArawwawalaIndustrial Technology Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8002-6945
Charitha L GoonasekaraFaculty of Medicine, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6956-0095

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plants have been utilized as medicines to treat various ailments since ancient times. Formulations made by plant materials have been used in traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine and remain widespread in both developing and developed countries. In developing countries, traditional medicines are widely practiced due to its accessibility and affordability, while in developed countries, complementary and alternative medicine are widely popular due to the adverse effects of chemical drugs.

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PMID33381212
PMCPMC7755468

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