Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35908250›Full record

ReviewArchives of pharmacal research2022

Latest research progress on anticancer effect of baicalin and its aglycone baicalein.

Lin Wang, Ting Feng, Zhilian Su, Chao Pi, Yumeng Wei, Ling Zhao

Abstract readReview
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Review in Archives of pharmacal research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
9.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Article
  7. Origin Identification ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
    Article
  8. Review
  9. Article
  10. Review
  11. Review
  12. Review
  13. Baicalin plays a protective role by regulating ferroptosis in multiple diseases.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025
    Review
  14. Review
  15. Review
  16. Exploring the therapeutic potential andFrontiers in pharmacology · 2025
    Article
  17. Baicalein combined with azoles against fungiFrontiers in microbiology · 2025
    Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Recent advances inHeliyon · 2024
    Review
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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lin Wang *Department of Pharmacy, Chengdu Seventh People's Hospital, Chengdu, 610213, Sichuan, China.
Ting Feng *Department of Pharmacy, Clinical Medical College & Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610081, Sichuan, China.
Zhilian SuKey Laboratory of Medical Electrophysiology, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmacy of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, China.
Chao PiKey Laboratory of Medical Electrophysiology, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmacy of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, China.
Yumeng WeiKey Laboratory of Medical Electrophysiology, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmacy of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, China. weiyumeng-268@163.com.
Ling ZhaoLuzhou Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Chronic Diseases Jointly Built by Sichuan and Chongqing, The Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, Sichuan, China. zhaoling-998@163.com.
Southwest Medical University · CNChengdu University · CN

Funding

basic research fund of the Science and Technology Department of Sichuan province of China 2020YJ0336basic research fund of the Science and Technology Department of Sichuan province of China 2020YJ0373Key Research and Development Projectors of Office of Science & Technology and Talent Work of Luzhou 2021-SYF-26Science and Technology Innovation Team from Jiucheng Science and Technology Talent Cultivation Plan in Luzhou City 2019-1the Cooperation Projects of Chunhui Plan of the Ministry of Education of China 2020-703the Joint Fund of Luzhou City and Southwest Medical University 2019LZXNYDZ07the Youth Science and Technology Innovation Research Ream of the Science and Technology Department of Sichuan province of China 2021JDTD0008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer, which is a leading cause of deaths around the world, is characterized by genetic mutations and epigenetic changes. Baicalin and its aglycone baicalein, the major bioactive flavones derived from the dried root of Scutellaria baicalensis Georigi, belong to flavonoid compounds. Many studies demonstrated that both of them exhibited remarkable promising anticancer activities. This study summarized potential anticancer mechanisms of baicalin and baicalein including induction of apoptosis, initiation of cell cycle arrest, suppression of metastasis, induction of autophagy, and regulation of immunity. Combination strategies involving baicalin or baicalein as chemotherapeutic adjuvants, clinical trial and safety were also discussed. In addition, we compared the difference in their anticancer effects. Interestingly, baicalein showed quicker and stronger inhibitory effects on multiple cancers than those of baicalin, probably due to its smaller size and high lipophilicity which contribute to fast absorption and improve ability to penetrate cells. Taken together, both baicalin and baicalein are effective in treating cancer with good tolerance. However, deglycosylation of baicalin to baicalein was found to have stronger anticancer potential.

Indexed as

FlavanonesNeoplasmsFlavonoidsHumansScutellaria baicalensisbaicaleinbaicalinFlavanonesFlavonoidsAnticancer effectBaicaleinBaicalinCombination strategyMechanisms

Identifiers

PMID35908250
OpenAlexW4288941066

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.