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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Withaferin A: From Ancient Remedy to Potential Drug Candidate.

Tahira Sultana, Mohammad K Okla, Madiha Ahmed, Nosheen Akhtar, Abdulrahman Al-Hashimi, Hamada Abdelgawad, Ihsan-Ul- Haq

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Tahira SultanaDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan.
Mohammad K OklaBotany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Madiha AhmedDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan.
Nosheen AkhtarDepartment of Biological Sciences, National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi 43600, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-3413-9150
Abdulrahman Al-HashimiBotany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Hamada AbdelgawadIntegrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerpen, Belgium.
Ihsan-Ul- HaqDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan.

Funding

King Saud University RSP-2021/374
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Withaferin A (WA) is a pivotal withanolide that has conquered a conspicuous place in research, owning to its multidimensional biological properties. It is an abundant constituent in

Indexed as

Medicine, AyurvedicPlant ExtractsWithanolidesHumansWithaniaAshwagandhaPlant Extractswithaferin AWithanolidesanticancerantiherpes virusantiinflammatoryantileishminialantitumorwithaferin AWithania somnifera

Identifiers

PMID34946778
PMCPMC8705790

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