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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2022

Therapeutic Investigation of Standardized Aqueous Methanolic Extract of Bitter Melon (

Liaqat Hussain, Noor Aamir, Musaddique Hussain, Muhammad Asif, Zunera Chauhdary, Faiza Manzoor, Rida Siddique, Muhammad Riaz

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Liaqat HussainDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7171-5917
Noor AamirDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Musaddique HussainDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Islamia University Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8766-6339
Muhammad AsifDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Islamia University Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8989-9945
Zunera ChauhdaryDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4191-8697
Faiza ManzoorDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0905-5572
Rida SiddiqueDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9663-6534
Muhammad RiazDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8283-1128
Government College University, Faisalabad · PKIslamia University of Bahawalpur · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is an heterogenous, endocrine, metabolic, and multidisciplinary disorder of reproductive-aged females that aggravates insulin resistance, hyperandrogenism, obesity, menstrual irregularities, and infertility. Bitter melon is consumed as vegetable in various parts of the world. The purpose of this study was to provide the rationale for the folkloric uses of bitter melon

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