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SynthesisPloS one2021

Libidibia ferrea (jucá) anti-inflammatory action: A systematic review of in vivo and in vitro studies.

Nayanne C O S Almeida, Felipe R P Silva, Ana Lúcia B Carneiro, Emerson S Lima, José Fernando M Barcellos, Silvania C Furtado

Open access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in PloS one, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. BioMed research international · 2025
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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nayanne C O S AlmeidaGraduate Program in Basic and Applied Immunology, Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-3655-1221
Felipe R P SilvaPost-Doctoral Fellowship in the Graduate Program of Basic and Applied Immunology, Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Ana Lúcia B CarneiroFederal University of Paraíba, Paraíba, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-2035-8328
Emerson S LimaFaculty Member of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
José Fernando M BarcellosDepartment of Morphology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Silvania C FurtadoDepartment of Morphology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Amazonas · BRUniversidade Federal da Paraíba · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Libidibia ferrea (Mart. ex Tul.) L. P. Queiroz (jucá) is a plant extensively used in the Brazilian folk medicine for the treatment of the inflammatory process. Primary studies have focused on the verification of these biological activities, highlighting the role of this plant in inflammatory conditions. This systematic review aimed to critically establish which part of the plant and what type of plant extract present the highest evidence of anti-inflammatory activity as in vivo and in vitro experimental models. This study has followed the recommendations by PRISMA and was registered in the PROSPERO database under number CRD42020159934. The literature review was carried out in several medical and scientific databases (Google Scholar, LILACS, ProQuest, PubMed, ScienceDirect, Scopus and Web of Science) in studies published up to February 2020 and updated on March 2021. No language restriction was made to this search. Eligibility criteria were adopted instead. The risk of bias was evaluated through SYRCLE's RoB tool for the in vivo studies. 609 studies were initiated to identify the whole and the subsequent steps of screening. 13 studies remained in the results (10 in vivo and 3 in vitro). In most studies the risk of bias was low or unclear. The high risk of bias was related to the risk of attrition and reporting bias. The fruit and the aqueous extract were identified as the most used in the studies carried out on the qualitative analysis and the results of the in vivo and in vitro studies were conducive to the anti-inflammatory action, a meta-analysis could not be performed due to heterogeneity between studies and the potential risk of bias to estimate the side effects. Therefore, the implementation of in vivo studies following the international guidelines could collaborate with analyses of the anti-inflammatory effect of jucá.

Indexed as

Anti-Inflammatory AgentsPlant ExtractsAnimalsBrazilHumansInflammationMedicine, TraditionalAnti-Inflammatory AgentsPlant Extracts

Identifiers

PMID34739501
PMCPMC8570521
OpenAlexW3210331288

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