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ReviewIranian journal of basic medical sciences2021

Alzheimer's disease treatment: The share of herbal medicines.

Masoud Soheili, Mohammad Karimian, Gholamali Hamidi, Mahmoud Salami

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Review in Iranian journal of basic medical sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Masoud SoheiliPhysiology Research Center, Institute for Basic Sciences, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
Mohammad KarimianDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran.
Gholamali HamidiPhysiology Research Center, Institute for Basic Sciences, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
Mahmoud SalamiPhysiology Research Center, Institute for Basic Sciences, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
Kashan University of Medical Sciences · IRUniversity of Mazandaran · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One of the most frequent forms of dementia in neurological disorders is Alzheimer's disease (AD). It is a chronic neurodegenerative disease characterized by impaired learning and memory. Pathological symptoms as extracellular amyloid-beta (Aβ) plaques and intracellular accumulation of neurofibrillary tangles occur in AD. Due to the aging of the population and increased prevalence of AD, discovery of new therapeutic agents with the highest effectiveness and fewer side effect seems to be necessary. Numerous synthetic medicines such as tacrine, donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine, memantine, glutathione, ascorbic acid, ubiquinone, ibuprofen, and ladostigil are routinely used for reduction of the symptoms and prevention of disease progression. Nowadays, herbal medicines have attracted popular attention for numerous beneficial effects with little side effects.

Indexed as

Alzheimer’s diseaseCrocus sativusGinkgo bilobaGinsengLavandula angustifoliaMagnolia officinalisMelissa officinalisSalvia miltiorrhiza

Identifiers

PMID33953850
PMCPMC8061323
OpenAlexW3110987460

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