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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2021

Ginsenosides Improve Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Wenyi Liang, Kun Zhou, Ping Jian, Zihao Chang, Qiunan Zhang, Yuqi Liu, Shuiming Xiao, Lanzhen Zhang

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. The Green Path to Liver Health: Herbal Solutions for Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis.Cardiovascular & hematological disorders drug targets · 2025
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  4. The Efficacy ofNutrients · 2023
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  5. Journal of ginseng research · 2026
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  17. Ginsenoside RgNutrients · 2024
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  20. Current View on How Human Gut Microbiota Mediate Metabolic and Pharmacological Activity ofEndocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets · 2024
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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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wenyi LiangSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Kun ZhouSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Ping JianSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Zihao ChangSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Qiunan ZhangSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Yuqi LiuSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Shuiming XiaoInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Lanzhen ZhangSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine · CNChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ginseng, the root and rhizome of

Indexed as

ginsenosidesgut microbiotainflammationnetwork pharmacologynonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Identifiers

PMID33679403
PMCPMC7928318
OpenAlexW3132796756

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