Beneficial Effect of Methanolic Extract of Frankincense (

Samir Abdulkarim Alharbi, Mohammed Asad, Kamal Eldin Ahmed Abdelsalam, Monjid Ahmed Ibrahim, Sunil Chandy

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it

0cells of the map it votes in

4citing papers in PubMed

2.3field-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, 14 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Samir Abdulkarim AlharbiDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Science, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Shaqra University, Shaqra P.O. Box 1383, Saudi Arabia.

Mohammed AsadDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Science, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Shaqra University, Shaqra P.O. Box 1383, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-9770-3495

Kamal Eldin Ahmed AbdelsalamDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Science, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Shaqra University, Shaqra P.O. Box 1383, Saudi Arabia.

Monjid Ahmed IbrahimDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Science, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Shaqra University, Shaqra P.O. Box 1383, Saudi Arabia.

Sunil ChandyDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Science, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Shaqra University, Shaqra P.O. Box 1383, Saudi Arabia.

Shaqra University · SA

Funding

Deputyship for Research & Innovation, Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia IFP2021-022

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

BoswelliaFrankincenseAnimalsApoptosisHumansMaleMethanolOxidative StressPlant ExtractsRatsSeedsSperm MotilityTestisFrankincenseMethanolPlant ExtractsBcl-2boswellic acidscaspase-3sperm countsperm motility

Identifiers

PMID35897864

DOI10.3390/molecules27154699

PMCPMC9332498

OpenAlexW4287148653

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