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ArticleBMC complementary medicine and therapies2022

Cytotoxicity and anti-HIV activities of extracts of the twigs of Croton dichogamus Pax.

Ermias Mergia Terefe, Faith Apolot Okalebo, Solomon Derese, Gaber El-Saber Batiha, Amal Youssef, Mohammed Alorabi, Joseph Muriuki

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Article in BMC complementary medicine and therapies, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Ermias Mergia TerefeDepartment of Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, United States International University-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya. eterefe@usiu.ac.ke.
Faith Apolot OkaleboDepartment of Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
Solomon DereseDepartment of Chemistry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
Gaber El-Saber BatihaDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, AlBeheira, Egypt.
Amal YoussefDepartment of Medical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
Mohammed AlorabiDepartment of Biotechnology, College of Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
Joseph MuriukiCentre for Virus Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
University of Nairobi · KEAlliant International University · USCairo University · EGDamanhour University · EGKenya Medical Research Institute · KETaif University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAcquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a clinical syndrome resulting from infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes profound immunosuppression. Anti-HIV drugs that are currently available are chemically synthesized and are frequently limited by side effects, the emergence of drug resistance, affordability, and availability, with over 5 million people in the world lacking access to treatment. As a result, to discover new anti-HIV agents, we investigated the effects of Kenyan C. dichogamus extracts on the laboratory-adapted strain HIV-1

methodsFour soluble fractions of 1:1 v/v CH

resultsThe cytotoxicity CC

conclusionBased on our findings, the methanol soluble fraction of the 1:1 v/v CH

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CrotonHIV-1HIV InfectionsHumansKenyaPlant ExtractsPlant ExtractsAnti-viral activityCroton dichroismCytotoxicityHIV

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PMID35216601
PMCPMC8876114
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