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ReviewMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Applications of Phyto-Nanotechnology for the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders.

Tanima Bhattacharya, Giselle Amanda Borges E Soares, Hitesh Chopra, Md Mominur Rahman, Ziaul Hasan, Shasank S Swain, Simona Cavalu

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Review in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
92citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
71.6field-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

92 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 239 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Role of Liposomes in the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders: A Comprehensive Review.Central nervous system agents in medicinal chemistry · 2025
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32 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

7 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Tanima BhattacharyaInnovation, Incubation & Industry (i-cube) Laboratory, Techno India NJR Institute of Technology, Udaipur 313003, India.
Giselle Amanda Borges E SoaresDepartment of Medicinal and Biological Chemistry, University of Toledo, 3000 Arlington Ave., Toledo, OH 43614, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6738-2459
Hitesh ChopraDepartment Pharmacology, Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Punjab 140401, India.ORCID 0000-0001-8867-7603
Md Mominur RahmanDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Daffodil International University, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0003-2357-283X
Ziaul HasanDepartment of Biosciences & Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi 110025, India.ORCID 0000-0003-3679-8766
Shasank S SwainDivision of Microbiology and NCDs, ICMR-Regional Medical Research Center, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneshwar 751023, India.ORCID 0000-0001-5089-8304
Simona CavaluFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-7810-8925
Chitkara University · INDaffodil International University · BDJamia Millia Islamia · INRegional Medical Research Center · INUniversity of Oradea · ROUniversity of Toledo · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The strategies involved in the development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative disorders are very complex and challenging due to the existence of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), a closely spaced network of blood vessels and endothelial cells that functions to prevent the entry of unwanted substances in the brain. The emergence and advancement of nanotechnology shows favourable prospects to overcome this phenomenon. Engineered nanoparticles conjugated with drug moieties and imaging agents that have dimensions between 1 and 100 nm could potentially be used to ensure enhanced efficacy, cellular uptake, specific transport, and delivery of specific molecules to the brain, owing to their modified physico-chemical features. The conjugates of nanoparticles and medicinal plants, or their components known as nano phytomedicine, have been gaining significance lately in the development of novel neuro-therapeutics owing to their natural abundance, promising targeted delivery to the brain, and lesser potential to show adverse effects. In the present review, the promising application, and recent trends of combined nanotechnology and phytomedicine for the treatment of neurological disorders (ND) as compared to conventional therapies, have been addressed. Nanotechnology-based efforts performed in bioinformatics for early diagnosis as well as futuristic precision medicine in ND have also been discussed in the context of computational approach.

Indexed as

bioinformaticsnanomedicinenanoparticlesneurodegenerative diseasesphytomedicine

Identifiers

PMID35160749
PMCPMC8837051
OpenAlexW4206408372

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