Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36678409›Full record

ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Sandamalie Ranasinghe, Alireza Zahedi, Anthony Armson, Alan J Lymbery, Amanda Ash

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Article in Pathogens (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
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Efficacy of medicinal plants in cryptosporidiosis treatment: a comprehensive review.Journal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology · 2025
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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.

Sandamalie RanasingheCentre for Biosecurity and One Health, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, Perth 6150, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7390-9360
Alireza ZahediCentre for Biosecurity and One Health, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, Perth 6150, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0165-3797
Anthony ArmsonPsychology, Counselling, Exercise Science and Chiropractic, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, Perth 6150, Australia.
Alan J LymberyCentre for Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystems, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, Perth 6150, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0542-3446
Amanda AshCentre for Biosecurity and One Health, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, Perth 6150, Australia.
Murdoch University · AU

Funding

Australian Government RTP Scholarship
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cryptosporidium parvum is a significant cause of watery diarrhoea in humans and other animals worldwide. Although hundreds of novel drugs have been evaluated, no effective specific chemotherapeutic intervention for C. parvum has been reported. There has been much recent interest in evaluating plant-derived products in the fight against gastrointestinal parasites, including C. parvum. This study aimed to identify extracts from 13 different plant species that provide evidence for inhibiting the growth of C. parvum in vitro. Efficacy against C. parvum was detected and quantified using quantitative PCR and immunofluorescence assays. All plant extracts tested against C. parvum showed varying inhibition activities in vitro, and none of them produced a cytotoxic effect on HCT-8 cells at concentrations up to 500 µg/mL. Four plant species with the strongest evidence of activity against C. parvum were Curcuma longa, Piper nigrum, Embelia ribes, and Nigella sativa, all with dose-dependent efficacy. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first time that these plant extracts have proven to be experimentally efficacious against C. parvum. These results support further exploration of these plants and their compounds as possible treatments for Cryptosporidium infections.

Indexed as

Ayurvedacryptosporidiosiscytotoxicitydrug screeningplant medicine

Identifiers

PMID36678409
PMCPMC9863366
OpenAlexW4313361037

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Registered trials

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