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ReviewTheScientificWorldJournal2021

Multitargeted Effects of Vitexin and Isovitexin on Diabetes Mellitus and Its Complications.

Ibrahim Luru Abdulai, Samuel Kojo Kwofie, Winfred Seth Gbewonyo, Daniel Boison, Joshua Buer Puplampu, Michael Buenor Adinortey

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Review in TheScientificWorldJournal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed
6.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 70 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ibrahim Luru AbdulaiWest African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 54, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Samuel Kojo KwofieWest African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 54, Legon, Accra, Ghana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1093-1517
Winfred Seth GbewonyoDepartment of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7761-6135
Daniel BoisonDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2242-7502
Joshua Buer PuplampuDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2426-3185
Michael Buenor AdinorteyDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8287-7460
University of Cape Coast · GHUniversity of Ghana · GH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTill date, there is no known antidote to cure diabetes mellitus despite the discovery and development of diverse pharmacotherapeutic agents many years ago. Technological advancement in natural product chemistry has led to the isolation of analogs of vitexin and isovitexin found in diverse bioresources. These compounds have been extensively studied to explore their pharmacological relevance in diabetes mellitus.

resultsIn this piece, we have collected data and presented it in a one-stop document to support the multitargeted mechanistic actions of vitexin and isovitexin in controlling diabetes mellitus and its complications.

conclusionData collected hint that vitexin and isovitexin work by targeting diverse pathophysiological and metabolic pathways and molecular drug points involved in the clinical manifestations of diabetes mellitus. This is expected to provide a deeper understanding of its actions and also serve as a catapult for clinical trials and application research.

Indexed as

AnimalsApigeninDiabetes ComplicationsDiabetes MellitusHumansHypoglycemic AgentsApigeninHypoglycemic Agentsisovitexinvitexin

Identifiers

PMID33935599
PMCPMC8055414
OpenAlexW3153782461

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