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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Biological Activity of Selected Natural and Synthetic Terpenoid Lactones.

Alicja K Surowiak, Lucyna Balcerzak, Stanisław Lochyński, Daniel J Strub

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In one paragraph

Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Evaluations of Andrographolide-Rich Fractions ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  17. Antimicrobial Activity of Lactones.Antibiotics (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 1 institution in 1 country.

Alicja K SurowiakDepartment of Chemical Biology and Bioimaging, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wyb. Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-7918-7987
Lucyna BalcerzakDepartment of Chemical Biology and Bioimaging, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wyb. Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3268-7818
Stanisław LochyńskiDepartment of Chemical Biology and Bioimaging, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wyb. Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland.
Daniel J StrubDepartment of Chemical Biology and Bioimaging, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wyb. Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-0858-463X
Wrocław University of Science and Technology · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Terpenoids with lactone moieties have been indicated to possess high bioactivity. Certain terpenoid lactones exist in nature, in plants and animals, but they can also be obtained by chemical synthesis. Terpenoids possessing lactone moieties are known for their cytotoxic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, anticancer, and antimalarial activities. Moreover, one terpenoid lactone, artemisinin, is used as a drug against malaria. Because of these abilities, there is constant interest in new terpenoid lactones that are both isolated and synthesized, and their biological activities have been verified. In some cases, the activity of the terpenoid lactone is specifically connected to the lactone moiety. Recent works have revealed that new terpenoid lactones can demonstrate such functions and are thus considered to be potential active agents against many diseases.

Indexed as

Anti-Inflammatory AgentsAntimalarialsAntineoplastic AgentsArtemisininsHumansLactonesPlant ExtractsSesquiterpenesTerpenesAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntimalarialsAntineoplastic AgentsartemisininArtemisininsLactonesPlant ExtractsSesquiterpenesTerpenesbiological activitylactonesterpenoid

Identifiers

PMID34068609
PMCPMC8126056
OpenAlexW3160075868

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