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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2022

Thymoquinone's Antiviral Effects: It is Time to be Proven in the Covid-19 Pandemic Era and its Omicron Variant Surge.

Maen Abdelrahim, Abdullah Esmail, Noor Al Saadi, Eva Zsigmond, Ebtesam Al Najjar, Doaa Bugazia, Hadeel Al-Rawi, Ayat Alsaadi, Ahmed O Kaseb

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 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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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. The Role of Thymoquinone in Inflammatory Response in Chronic Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Maen AbdelrahimHouston Methodist Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States.
Abdullah EsmailHouston Methodist Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States.
Noor Al SaadiFaculty of Medicine, Xavier University School of Medicine Aruba, Oranjestad, Aruba.
Eva ZsigmondHouston Methodist Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States.
Ebtesam Al NajjarFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Science and Technology, Sanaa, Yemen.
Doaa BugaziaFaculty of Medicine, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya.
Hadeel Al-RawiFaculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Ayat AlsaadiDepartment of Biology and Chemistry, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY, United States.
Ahmed O KasebDepartment of Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every country in the world. With more than 400 million cases and more than 5.5 million deaths. The FDA either approved or authorized the emergency use for three vaccines against COVID-19. The treatment options of COVID-19 are very limited. Multiple complementary and alternative medicine modalities were suggested to be efficacious in the treatment of COVID-19 such as Thymoquinone. The effects of Thymoquinone have been examined and multiple studies indicate a promising beneficial effect. However, the current body of research is limited in terms of its scope, quality, and quantity. While higher-quality studies are required, physicians do not routinely recommend the use of marketed supplements of natural products, including Thymoquinone for COVID-19. Given the numerous suggested positive effects of Thymoquinone, including anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties, additional research is required to confirm or refute these promising benefits. Complementary and alternative medicine is an area that requires additional evidence-based practice and research to confirm effects observed in clinical practice.

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CoronavirusCOVID-19COVID-19 vaccines and anti-viral agentsmolnupiravirOmicron variantpandemicPAXLOVIDThymoquinone

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PMID35462919
PMCPMC9022724

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