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ReviewPharmacological reports : PR2021

Pharmacological properties of baicalin on liver diseases: a narrative review.

Jin-Yu Yang, Min Li, Cheng-Liang Zhang, Dong Liu

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Review in Pharmacological reports : PR, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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43citing papers in PubMed
11.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 98 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Bioactive Flavonoids fromDrug design, development and therapy · 2026
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  8. Liver disorders and phytotherapy.Toxicology reports · 2025
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  10. Baicalin plays a protective role by regulating ferroptosis in multiple diseases.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025
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  16. Antibacterial activity of baicalein againstFrontiers in microbiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jin-Yu YangDepartment of Pharmacy, Tongji Hospital Affiliated Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang avenue, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China.
Min LiDepartment of Pharmacy, Tongji Hospital Affiliated Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang avenue, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China.
Cheng-Liang ZhangDepartment of Pharmacy, Tongji Hospital Affiliated Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang avenue, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China. clzhang@tjh.tjmu.edu.cn.
Dong LiuDepartment of Pharmacy, Tongji Hospital Affiliated Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang avenue, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China. Liudong@tjh.tjmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1997-3393
Tongji Hospital · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82073939
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Baicalin is the main active component of Scutellaria baicalensis, widely used in traditional Chinese medicine thanks to its various pharmacological effects, such as anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial properties, as well as cardiovascular, hepatic, and renal protective effect. Recently, the protective effects of baicalin on liver disease have received much more attention. Several studies showed that baicalin protects against several types of liver diseases including viral hepatitis, fatty liver disease, xenobiotic induced liver injury, cholestatic liver injury, and hepatocellular carcinoma, with a variety of pharmacological mechanisms. A comprehensive understanding of the mechanism of baicalin can provide a valuable reference for its clinical use, but up to now, no narrative review is available that summarizes the pharmacological effects of baicalin to clarify its potential use in the treatment of liver diseases. Therefore, this review summarizes the progress of baicalin research and the underlying mechanism in the treatment of various liver diseases, to promote further research and its clinical application.

Indexed as

Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalDrugs, Chinese HerbalFlavonoidsHumansLiver DiseasesAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalbaicalinDrugs, Chinese HerbalFlavonoidsBaicalinFatty liver diseaseHepatitisHepatocellular carcinomaLiver ischemia reperfusionXenobiotic-induced liver injury

Identifiers

PMID33595821
PMCPMC8460515
OpenAlexW3131215121

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