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ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2022

Clinical Application of Bioextracts in Supporting the Reproductive System of Animals and Humans: Potential and Limitations.

Alicja Kowalczyk, Robert Kupczyński, Elżbieta Gałęska, Jose P Araujo, Ewa Czerniawska-Piątkowska

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Review in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Alicja KowalczykDepartment of Environment, Animal Hygiene, and Welfare, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chełmońskiego 38C, Wrocław, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1908-2942
Robert KupczyńskiDepartment of Environment, Animal Hygiene, and Welfare, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chełmońskiego 38C, Wrocław, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0796-6273
Elżbieta GałęskaDepartment of Environment, Animal Hygiene, and Welfare, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chełmońskiego 38C, Wrocław, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9582-3859
Jose P AraujoMountain Research Centre (CIMO), Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Rua D. Mendo Afonso, 147, Refóios do Lima, Ponte de Lima 4990-706, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1232-3160
Ewa Czerniawska-PiątkowskaDepartment of Ruminant Science, West Pomeranian University of Technology, ul. Klemensa Janickiego 29, Szczecin 71-270, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3229-1183
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences · PLPolytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo · PTWest Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is an increasing demand of spices and herbs in developing countries due to the beneficial effects of plants and herbal preparations as medicines. The basic technological process of obtaining extracts from natural raw materials is extraction, consisting in etching with solvents. Plant extracts are extremely complex, multicomponent mixtures obtained from flowers, fruits, leaves, stems, twigs, or seeds of various plant materials. They are a rich source of polyphenols, flavonoids, phytosterols, carotenoids, and vitamins. The search for alternative methods of treatment is increasingly replacing the scientists' excessive focus on the healing properties of bioextracts. Recent research offers great hope for the development of alternative methods to improve the reproductive system. The use of animal models in experimental research has increased knowledge regarding the beneficial effects of bioextracts on both male and female reproductive systems and reproductive cells. Demonstrating the positive effect of plant extracts creates new opportunities for the use of biowaste, which is a by-product in various production sectors. The aim of this review is to present the functional properties of extracts of natural origin, a cross section of modern methods of their preparation, and a discussion of the possibilities of their use in the auxiliary reproductive system.

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PMID35388312
PMCPMC8977292
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