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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2021

The Anti-Viral and Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Edible Bird's Nest in Influenza and Coronavirus Infections: From Pre-Clinical to Potential Clinical Application.

Kien Hui Chua, Isa Naina Mohamed, Mohd Heikal Mohd Yunus, Norefrina Shafinaz Md Nor, Khidhir Kamil, Azizah Ugusman, Jaya Kumar

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Review 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 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kien Hui ChuaDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Malaysia.
Isa Naina MohamedDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Malaysia.
Mohd Heikal Mohd YunusDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Malaysia.
Norefrina Shafinaz Md NorDepartment of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia.
Khidhir KamilDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Malaysia.
Azizah UgusmanDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Malaysia.
Jaya KumarDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Malaysia.
National University of Malaysia · MY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Edible bird's nest (BN) is a Chinese traditional medicine with innumerable health benefits, including anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective, and immunomodulatory effects. A small number of studies have reported the anti-viral effects of EBN against influenza infections using

Indexed as

anti-infammatoryanti-viralbird nestcoronavirusCOVID-19cytokineedible bird’s nestinfluenza

Identifiers

PMID34025406
PMCPMC8138174
OpenAlexW3162250251

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