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ReviewOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2021

Natural Coumarins: Exploring the Pharmacological Complexity and Underlying Molecular Mechanisms.

Javad Sharifi-Rad, Natália Cruz-Martins, Pía López-Jornet, Eduardo Pons-Fuster Lopez, Nidaa Harun, Balakyz Yeskaliyeva, Ahmet Beyatli, Oksana Sytar, Shabnum Shaheen, Farukh Sharopov and 4 more

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Review in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
92citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
36.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

92 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 267 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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32 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

14 authors at 10 institutions in 14 countries.

Javad Sharifi-RadPhytochemistry Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7301-8151
Natália Cruz-MartinsFaculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5934-5201
Pía López-JornetInstituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB-Arrixaca-UMU), Clínica Odontológica Universitaria Hospital Morales Meseguer, Adv. Marques de los Velez s/n, 30008 Murcia, Spain.
Eduardo Pons-Fuster LopezInstituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB-Arrixaca-UMU), Clínica Odontológica Universitaria Hospital Morales Meseguer, Adv. Marques de los Velez s/n, 30008 Murcia, Spain.
Nidaa HarunLahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Balakyz YeskaliyevaAl-Farabi Kazakh National University, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan.
Ahmet BeyatliUniversity of Health Sciences, Department of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Istanbul 34668, Turkey.
Oksana SytarDepartment of Plant Biology Department, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of Biology, Volodymyrska Str., 64, Kyiv 01033, Ukraine.
Shabnum ShaheenDepartment of Plant Sciences, LCWU, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.
Farukh SharopovResearch Institution "Chinese-Tajik Innovation Center for Natural Products", Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan, Ayni 299/2, Dushanbe 734063, Tajikistan.
Yasaman TaheriPhytochemistry Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Anca Oana DoceaDepartment of Toxicology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200349 Craiova, Romania.
Daniela CalinaDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200349 Craiova, Romania.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-9116
William C ChoDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4174-4586
Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria · ESLahore College for Women University · PKShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova · ROAcademy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan · TJAl-Farabi Kazakh National University · KZQueen Elizabeth Hospital · GBSağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi · TRSlovak University of Agriculture in Nitra · SKUniversidade do Porto · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coumarins belong to the benzopyrone family commonly found in many medicinal plants. Natural coumarins demonstrated a wide spectrum of pharmacological activities, including anti-inflammatory, anticoagulant, anticancer, antibacterial, antimalarial, casein kinase-2 (CK2) inhibitory, antifungal, antiviral, Alzheimer's disease inhibition, neuroprotective, anticonvulsant, phytoalexins, ulcerogenic, and antihypertensive. There are very few studies on the bioavailability of coumarins; therefore, further investigations are necessitated to study the bioavailability of different coumarins which already showed good biological activities in previous studies. On the evidence of varied pharmacological properties, the present work presents an overall review of the derivation, availability, and biological capacities of coumarins with further consideration of the essential mode of their therapeutic actions. In conclusion, a wide variety of coumarins are available, and their pharmacological activities are of current interest thanks to their synthetic accessibility and riches in medicinal plants. Coumarins perform the valuable function as therapeutic agents in a range of medical fields.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAnti-Infective AgentsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntineoplastic AgentsBacteriaCell MovementCoumarinsEdemaHumansProtective AgentsAnti-Infective AgentsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntineoplastic AgentsCoumarinsProtective Agents

Identifiers

PMID34531939
PMCPMC8440074
OpenAlexW3195865831

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