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ReviewDrug design, development and therapy2021

Chemistry, Biosynthesis, Physicochemical and Biological Properties of Rubiadin: A Promising Natural Anthraquinone for New Drug Discovery and Development.

Mohd Nasarudin Watroly, Mahendran Sekar, Shivkanya Fuloria, Siew Hua Gan, Srikanth Jeyabalan, Yuan Seng Wu, Vetriselvan Subramaniyan, Kathiresan V Sathasivam, Subban Ravi, Nur Najihah Izzati Mat Rani and 5 more

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Review in Drug design, development and therapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
6.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 63 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

15 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Mohd Nasarudin WatrolyDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Universiti Kuala Lumpur Royal College of Medicine Perak, Ipoh, Perak, 30450, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0001-8003-9519
Mahendran SekarDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Universiti Kuala Lumpur Royal College of Medicine Perak, Ipoh, Perak, 30450, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-3022-6137
Shivkanya FuloriaFaculty of Pharmacy & Centre of Excellence for Biomaterials Engineering, AIMST University, Kedah, 08100, Malaysia.
Siew Hua GanSchool of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, 47500, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0001-6470-3651
Srikanth JeyabalanDepartment of Pharmacology, Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Pharmacy, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (DU), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600116, India.ORCID 0000-0003-3514-7654
Yuan Seng WuCentre for Virus and Vaccine Research, School of Medical and Life Sciences, Sunway University, Selangor, 47500, Malaysia.
Vetriselvan SubramaniyanFaculty of Medicine, Bioscience and Nursing, MAHSA University, Selangor, 42610, Malaysia.
Kathiresan V SathasivamFaculty of Applied Science & Centre of Excellence for Biomaterials Engineering, AIMST University, Kedah, 08100, Malaysia.
Subban RaviDepartment of Chemistry, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 640 021, India.
Nur Najihah Izzati Mat RaniFaculty of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Universiti Kuala Lumpur Royal College of Medicine Perak, Ipoh, Perak, 30450, Malaysia.
Pei Teng LumDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Universiti Kuala Lumpur Royal College of Medicine Perak, Ipoh, Perak, 30450, Malaysia.
Jaishree VaijanathappaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Life Sciences, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research Mauritius, Vacoas, Mauritius.
Dhanalekshmi Unnikrishnan MeenakshiCollege of Pharmacy, National University of Science and Technology, Muscat, 130, Oman.
Shankar ManiDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Sri Adichunchanagiri College of Pharmacy, Adichunchanagiri University, Mandya, Karnataka, 571418, India.
Neeraj Kumar FuloriaFaculty of Pharmacy & Centre of Excellence for Biomaterials Engineering, AIMST University, Kedah, 08100, Malaysia.
University of Kuala Lumpur · MYAIMST University · MYKarpagam Academy of Higher Education · INMahsa University · MYMonash University Malaysia · MYSri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research · INSunway University · MY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anthraquinones (AQs) are found in a variety of consumer products, including foods, nutritional supplements, drugs, and traditional medicines, and have a wide range of pharmacological actions. Rubiadin, a 1,3-dihydroxy-2-methyl anthraquinone, primarily originates from

Indexed as

Drug DevelopmentAnimalsAnthraquinonesAntineoplastic Agents, PhytogenicDrug DiscoveryHumansMedicine, TraditionalMolecular Docking SimulationRubiaAnthraquinonesAntineoplastic Agents, Phytogenicrubiadinanticancerbiosynthesispharmacologyphysicochemical propertiesRubia cordifoliaRubiadin

Identifiers

PMID34764636
PMCPMC8576757
OpenAlexW3210163536

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