Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36636217›Full record

ArticleHeliyon2022

Application of traditional Chinese medicine as skin depigmentation agents.

Tina Liu, Yaoying Lu, Kathryn Tonissen, Giovanna Di Trapani, William Tang, Yunjiang Feng

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Article in Heliyon, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Biological Effects ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  4. Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025
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  6. Study of the Chemical Composition ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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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.

Tina LiuGriffith Institute for Drug Discovery, 46 Don Young Rd, Nathan, QLD 4111, Brisbane, Australia.
Yaoying LuGriffith Institute for Drug Discovery, 46 Don Young Rd, Nathan, QLD 4111, Brisbane, Australia.
Kathryn TonissenGriffith Institute for Drug Discovery, 46 Don Young Rd, Nathan, QLD 4111, Brisbane, Australia.
Giovanna Di TrapaniSchool of Environment and Science, 170 Kessels Rd, Nathan, QLD 4111, Brisbane, Australia.
William TangFerngrove Pharmaceutical Pty Ltd, 5 Ferngrove Pl, Chester Hill, NSW 2162, Sydney, Australia.
Yunjiang FengGriffith Institute for Drug Discovery, 46 Don Young Rd, Nathan, QLD 4111, Brisbane, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been frequently used as skin lightning agents. However, the mechanism of action of their effect is unclear. The present study aims to evaluate anti-tyrosinase activity of 10 commonly used TCM on mushroom (

Indexed as

Skin lightningTraditional Chinese medicine (TCM)TyrosinaseTyrosinase inhibitor

Identifiers

PMID36636217
PMCPMC9830152

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