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ReviewChinese medicine2023

Neurobiological effects of gallic acid: current perspectives.

Md Shimul Bhuia, Md Mizanur Rahaman, Tawhida Islam, Mehedi Hasan Bappi, Md Iqbal Sikder, Kazi Nadim Hossain, Fatama Akter, Abdullah Al Shamsh Prottay, Md Rokonuzzman, Eda Sönmez Gürer and 3 more

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Review in Chinese medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
55citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
23.1field-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

55 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 132 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Effects of Gallic Acid on Sleep and Circadian Rhythm in aThe Yale journal of biology and medicine · 2026
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  20. Gallic Acid Alleviates Cerebral Ischemia-reperfusion Injury in Mice by Mediating Microglial Polarization Through the NLRP3/mTOR Axis.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 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

13 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Md Shimul BhuiaDepartment of Pharmacy, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, 8100, Bangladesh.
Md Mizanur RahamanDepartment of Pharmacy, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, 8100, Bangladesh.
Tawhida IslamDepartment of Pharmacy, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, 8100, Bangladesh.
Mehedi Hasan BappiDepartment of Pharmacy, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, 8100, Bangladesh.
Md Iqbal SikderDepartment of Pharmacy, Southern University Bangladesh, Chattogram, 4210, Bangladesh.
Kazi Nadim HossainDepartment of Pharmacy, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, 8100, Bangladesh.
Fatama AkterDepartment of Pharmacy, Southern University Bangladesh, Chattogram, 4210, Bangladesh.
Abdullah Al Shamsh ProttayDepartment of Pharmacy, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, 8100, Bangladesh.
Md RokonuzzmanDepartment of Pharmacy, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, 8100, Bangladesh.
Eda Sönmez GürerFaculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacognosy, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey.
Daniela CalinaDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200349, Craiova, Romania. calinadaniela@gmail.com.
Muhammad Torequl IslamDepartment of Pharmacy, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, 8100, Bangladesh. dmt.islam@bmsrstu.edu.bd.
Javad Sharifi-RadFacultad de Medicina, Universidad del Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador. javad.sharifirad@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7301-8151
Gopalganj Science and Technology University · BDSouthern University · BDSivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi · TRUniversidad del Azuay · ECUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gallic acid (GA) is a phenolic molecule found naturally in a wide range of fruits as well as in medicinal plants. It has many health benefits due to its antioxidant properties. This study focused on finding out the neurobiological effects and mechanisms of GA using published data from reputed databases. For this, data were collected from various sources, such as PubMed/Medline, Science Direct, Scopus, Google Scholar, SpringerLink, and Web of Science. The findings suggest that GA can be used to manage several neurological diseases and disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, strokes, sedation, depression, psychosis, neuropathic pain, anxiety, and memory loss, as well as neuroinflammation. According to database reports and this current literature-based study, GA may be considered one of the potential lead compounds to treat neurological diseases and disorders. More preclinical and clinical studies are required to establish GA as a neuroprotective drug.

Indexed as

Brain healthGallic acid; neuroprotective activity; pharmacological effectsMolecular mechanisms

Identifiers

PMID36918923
PMCPMC10015939
OpenAlexW4324303523

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