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ReviewNaunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology2022

Barbaloin: an amazing chemical from the 'wonder plant' with multidimensional pharmacological attributes.

Shreya Sikdar Mitra, Mimosa Ghorai, Samapika Nandy, Nobendu Mukherjee, Manoj Kumar, Radha, Arabinda Ghosh, Niraj Kumar Jha, Jarosław Proćków, Abhijit Dey

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Review in Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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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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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Shreya Sikdar MitraDepartment of Life Sciences, Presidency University, 86/1 College Street, Kolkata, 700073, West Bengal, India.
Mimosa GhoraiDepartment of Life Sciences, Presidency University, 86/1 College Street, Kolkata, 700073, West Bengal, India.
Samapika NandyDepartment of Life Sciences, Presidency University, 86/1 College Street, Kolkata, 700073, West Bengal, India.
Nobendu MukherjeeDepartment of Health Sciences, Novel Global Community Educational Foundation, Hebersham, Australia.
Manoj KumarChemical and Biochemical Processing Division, ICAR-Central Institute for Research On Cotton Technology, Mumbai, 400019, Maharashtra, India.
RadhaSchool of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan, 173229, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Arabinda GhoshDepartment of Botany, Gauhati University, 781014, Guwahati, Assam, India.
Niraj Kumar JhaDepartment of Biotechnology, School of Engineering & Technology, Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, 201310, India.
Jarosław ProćkówDepartment of Plant Biology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Kożuchowska 5b, 51-631, Wrocław, Poland. jaroslaw.prockow@upwr.edu.pl.
Abhijit DeyDepartment of Life Sciences, Presidency University, 86/1 College Street, Kolkata, 700073, West Bengal, India. abhijit.dbs@presiuniv.ac.in.
Presidency University · INChandigarh University · INGauhati University · INICAR - Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology · INShoolini University · INWrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f. is nicknamed the 'Miracle plant' or sometimes as the 'Wonder plant'. It is a plant that has been used since ancient times for the innumerable health benefits associated with it. It is one of the important plants that has its use in conventional medicinal treatments. It is a perennial succulent, drought-tolerant member of the family Asphodelaceae. There are scores of properties associated with the plant that help in curing various forms of human ailments. Extracts and gels obtained from plants have been shown to be wonderful healers of different conditions, mainly various skin problems. Also, this plant is popular in the cosmetics industry. The underlying properties of the plant are now mainly associated with the natural phytochemicals present in the plant. Diverse groups of phytoingredients are found in the plant, including various phenolics, amino acids, sugars, vitamins, and different other organic compounds, too. One of the primary ingredients found in the plant is the aloin molecule. It is an anthraquinone derivative and exists as an isomer of Aloin A and Aloin B. Barbaloin belonging to the first group is a glucoside of the aloe-emodin anthrone molecule. Various types of pharmacological properties exhibited by the plant can be attributed to this chemical. Few significant ones are antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, anti-cancer, anti-microbial, and anti-viral, along with their different immunity-boosting actions. Recently, molecular coupling studies have also found the role of these molecules as a potential cure against the ongoing COVID-19 disease. This study comprehensively focuses on the numerous pharmacological actions of the primary compound barbaloin obtained from the Aloe vera plant along with the mechanism of action and the potent application of these natural molecules under various conditions.

Indexed as

AloeCOVID-19AnthracenesEmodinHumansPhytochemicalsPlant ExtractsalloinAnthracenesbarbaloinEmodinPhytochemicalsPlant ExtractsAloe veraAloinsAnthraquinoneBarbaloinMedicinal usesPharmacological actions

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PMID36173445
PMCPMC9520999
OpenAlexW4297964621

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