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ReviewOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2021

Antispasmodic Potential of Medicinal Plants: A Comprehensive Review.

Abdur Rauf, Muhammad Akram, Prabhakar Semwal, Adil A H Mujawah, Naveed Muhammad, Zerfishan Riaz, Naveed Munir, Dmitry Piotrovsky, Irina Vdovina, Abdelhakim Bouyahya and 5 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 22 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
13.1field-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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 77 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Phenolic and Terpenic Composition ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  2. Exploring the Nutraceutical Potential ofFood science & nutrition · 2026
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  3. Effects of Basil (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  6. Antispasmodic activity of a series of cyclic imides (phthalimides) derivatives.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026
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  10. Screening of Optimal Phytoconstituents throughCurrent pharmaceutical design · 2025
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  15. Antispasmodic Effect ofPharmaceutics · 2023
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  18. Involvement of NO/cGMP Signaling Pathway, CaInternational journal of molecular sciences · 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

15 authors at 10 institutions in 6 countries.

Abdur RaufDepartment of Chemistry, University of Swabi, Swabi, Anbar, 23430, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2429-5491
Muhammad AkramDepartment of Eastern Medicine, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7217-7962
Prabhakar SemwalDepartment of Life Sciences, Graphic Era University, Dehradun 248002, Uttarakhand, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5137-5169
Adil A H MujawahDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science and Arts, Qassim University, Ar Rass, 51921, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4346-1838
Naveed MuhammadDepartment of Pharmacy, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, 23200, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5965-1965
Zerfishan RiazDepartment of Eastern Medicine, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Naveed MunirDepartment of Biochemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Dmitry PiotrovskyK.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (The First Cossack University), 73, Zemlyanoy Val St., Moscow, 109004, Russia.
Irina VdovinaK.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (The First Cossack University), 73, Zemlyanoy Val St., Moscow, 109004, Russia.
Abdelhakim BouyahyaLaboratory of Human Pathologies Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, and Genomic Center of Human Pathologies, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9317-1631
Charles Oluwaseun AdetunjiApplied Microbiology, Biotechnology and Nanotechnology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Edo University Iyamho, PMB 04, Auchi, Edo State University Uzairue, Nigeria.
Mohammad Ali ShariatiK.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (The First Cossack University), 73, Zemlyanoy Val St., Moscow, 109004, Russia.
Zainab M AlmarhoonDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8196-2612
Yahia N MabkhotDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha, 61421, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9762-0323
Haroon KhanDepartment of Pharmacy, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, 23200, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1736-4404
Government College University, Faisalabad · PKMoscow State University of Technologies and Management named after K.G. Razumovskiy · RUAbdul Wali Khan University Mardan · PKEdo State University Uzairue · NGKing Khalid University · SAKing Saud University · SAMohammed V University · MAQassim University · SAUniversity of Swabi · PKUttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Numerous medicinal plants have been utilized for the treatment of different types of diseases and disorders including gastrointestinal (GI) diseases. GI diseases are the most common complaints that normally affects the largest proportion of children and adolescents with overlapping clinical manifestation in diagnosis and medical needs. Drugs with antispasmodic effects are normally applied for the symptomatic treatment of contraction and cramping of smooth muscles in gastrointestinal diseases as well as in other critical clinical situations. In alternative system of medicines, the antispasmodic herbs played a significant role in the cure of GI diseases. These medicinal plants and their herbal products are used from generation to generation because of multiple nutritional and therapeutic benefits. The multiple uses might be attributed to the presence on biologically active chemical constitutes. The main aim of this review is to focus on the medicinal potential of plants possessing antispasmodic activities with their proposed mechanism of action. Several databases such as Google Scholar, Cochrane database, Scopus, and PubMed were used to search the relevant literature regarding "plants with antispasmodic activities." This present study highlights the updated and quantified information on several medicinal plants with antispasmodic activity like

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AnimalsAutonomic Nervous System DiseasesHumansParasympatholyticsPhytochemicalsPhytotherapyPlants, MedicinalParasympatholyticsPhytochemicals

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PMID34804367
PMCPMC8601825
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