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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2021

Antifibrotic Effects of Kangxian Ruangan Capsule on Rats with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Fibrosis and Hepatic Stellate Cells through Regulation of TGF-

Liming Liu, Ying Zhou, Dan Dai, Hongmei Xia, Kang Zhao, Jianjun Zhang

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Liming LiuDepartment of Liver Medicine, Hubei No. 3 People's Hospital, Jianghan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4581-7730
Ying ZhouDepartment of Liver Medicine, Hubei No. 3 People's Hospital, Jianghan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6989-8352
Dan DaiDepartment of Liver Medicine, Hubei No. 3 People's Hospital, Jianghan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2750-0227
Hongmei XiaDepartment of Liver Medicine, Hubei No. 3 People's Hospital, Jianghan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7444-4718
Kang ZhaoDepartment of Liver Medicine, Hubei No. 3 People's Hospital, Jianghan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6199-7428
Jianjun ZhangDepartment of Liver Medicine, Hubei No. 3 People's Hospital, Jianghan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8033-6991
Jianghan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kangxian ruangan (KXRG) is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) formula consisting of 12 herbs. TCM syndrome differentiation proposes that KXRG exerts pharmacological effects against nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) fibrosis. This work investigates the effect of KXRG on NAFLD fibrosis

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PMID34422075
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