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ReviewWorld journal of diabetes2023

Treatment on Nature's lap: Use of herbal products in the management of hyperglycemia.

Somdatta Giri, Jayaprakash Sahoo, Ayan Roy, Sadishkumar Kamalanathan, Dukhabandhu Naik

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Review in World journal of diabetes, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Preventive and Therapeutic Effects ofACS pharmacology & translational science · 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

5 authors.

Somdatta GiriDepartment of Endocrinology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry 605006, India.
Jayaprakash SahooDepartment of Endocrinology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry 605006, India. jppgi@yahoo.com.
Ayan RoyDepartment of Endocrinology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalyani 741245, West Bengal, India.
Sadishkumar KamalanathanDepartment of Endocrinology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry 605006, India.
Dukhabandhu NaikDepartment of Endocrinology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry 605006, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is characterized by persistently elevated blood glucose concentration that lead to multisystem complications. There are about 400 medicinal plants cited to have a beneficial effect on DM. We must choose products wisely based on data derived from scientific studies. However, a major obstacle in the amalgamation of herbal medicine in modern medical practices is the lack of clinical data on its safety, efficacy and drug interaction. Trials of these herbal products often underreport the side effects and other crucial intervention steps deviating from the standards set by Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials. Due to a lack of knowledge of the active compounds present in most herbal medicines, product standardization is difficult. Cost-effectiveness is another issue that needs to be kept in mind. In this mini-review, we focus on the anti-hyperglycemic effect of herbal products that are commonly used, along with the concerns stated above.

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Active compoundCost-effectivenessDiabetes mellitusHbA1CHerbal productNatural therapy

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PMID37122430
PMCPMC10130899

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