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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2021

Cardiovascular Protective Effects of Plant Polysaccharides: A Review.

Xinli Dong, Mengze Zhou, Yehong Li, Yuxin Li, Hui Ji, Qinghua Hu

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Xinli DongState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Mengze ZhouState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Yehong LiState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Yuxin LiState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Hui JiState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Qinghua HuState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
China Pharmaceutical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease is a kind of heart, brain, and blood vessel injury disease by the interaction of various pathological factors. The pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease is complex with various risk factors, including abnormally elevated blood pressure, glucose, and lipid metabolism disorders, atherosclerosis, thrombosis, etc. Plant polysaccharides are a special class of natural products derived from plant resources, which have the characteristics of wide sources, diverse biological activities, and low toxicity or side effects. Many studies have shown that plant polysaccharides improve cardiovascular diseases through various mechanisms such as anti-oxidative stress, restoring the metabolism of biological macromolecules, regulating the apoptosis cascade to reduce cell apoptosis, and inhibiting inflammatory signal pathways to alleviate inflammation. This article reviews the pharmacological effects and protective mechanisms of some plant polysaccharides in modulating the cardiovascular system, which is beneficial for developing more effective drugs with low side effects for management of cardiovascular diseases.

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cardiovascular diseaseslow side effectspharmacological effectsplant polysaccharidesprotective mechanisms

Identifiers

PMID34867415
PMCPMC8639026
OpenAlexW3214728407

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