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ArticleJournal of traditional and complementary medicine2022

Spirulina supplementation improves bone structural strength and stiffness in streptozocin-induced diabetic rats.

Sophia Ogechi Ekeuku, Pei Nee Chong, Hor Kuan Chan, Norazlina Mohamed, Gabriele R A Froemming, Patrick Nwabueze Okechukwu

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Article in Journal of traditional and complementary medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Anti-diabetic activity of aqueous extract ofJournal of traditional and complementary medicine · 2025
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  4. Role of vitamins in the development and treatment of osteoporosis (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2025
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  5. Metformin and bone metabolism: unraveling their direct and indirect effects.Therapeutic advances in endocrinology and metabolism · 2025
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  9. Measuring Bone Healing: Parameters and Scores in Comparison.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  10. Functional properties of bioactive compounds fromFood chemistry. Molecular sciences · 2022
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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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sophia Ogechi EkeukuDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Applied Science UCSI University, No. 1, Jalan Menara Gading, UCSI Heights, (Taman Connaught) Cheras, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Pei Nee ChongNutrition and Wellness Programme, Faculty of Applied Science UCSI University, No. 1, Jalan, Menara Gading, UCSI Heights, (Taman Connaught) Cheras, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Hor Kuan ChanDepartment of Food Science with Nutrition, Faculty of Applied Science UCSI University, No. 1, Jalan Menara Gading, UCSI Heights, (Taman Connaught) Cheras, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Norazlina MohamedDepartment of Pharmacology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif Cheras 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Gabriele R A FroemmingDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Malaysia Sarawak, Jalan Datuk Mohammad Musa, 94300, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Patrick Nwabueze OkechukwuDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Applied Science UCSI University, No. 1, Jalan Menara Gading, UCSI Heights, (Taman Connaught) Cheras, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
UCSI University · MYUniversiti Malaysia Sarawak · MYUniversity Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre · MY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spirulina (blue-green algae) contains a wide range of nutrients with medicinal properties which include β-carotene, chromium, and moderate amounts of vitamins B

Indexed as

DiabetesOsteoporosisSpirulina

Identifiers

PMID35493310
PMCPMC9039118
OpenAlexW3195598083

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