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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2023

An Investigation into the Acute and Subacute Toxicity of Extracts of

Nomakhosi Mpofana, John Kudakwashe Chipangura, Michael Paulse, Masande Yalo, Nceba Gqaleni, Celenkosini Thembelenkosini Nxumalo, Ncoza Cordelia Dlova, Ahmed A Hussein, Neil R Crouch

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Nomakhosi MpofanaDermatology Department, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4000, South Africa.
John Kudakwashe ChipanguraResearch Animal Facility, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 8000, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-9341-1252
Michael PaulseFaculty of Health and Wellness Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town 8000, South Africa.
Masande YaloDepartment of Chemistry, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town 8000, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-9860-1629
Nceba GqaleniDiscipline of Traditional Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4000, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-1946-3120
Celenkosini Thembelenkosini NxumaloFaculty of Health Sciences, Durban University of Technology, Durban 4000, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-2453-7948
Ncoza Cordelia DlovaDermatology Department, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4000, South Africa.
Ahmed A HusseinDepartment of Chemistry, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town 8000, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-3877-9959
Neil R CrouchBiodiversity Research and Monitoring Directorate, South African National Biodiversity Institute, P.O. Box 52099, Berea Road, Durban 4007, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-4938-5840
Cape Peninsula University of Technology · ZADurban University of Technology · ZASouth African National Biodiversity Institute · ZAUniversity of Cape Town · ZAUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal · ZA

Funding

National Research Foundation 138179
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The conventional use of medicinal plants is in part based on the widespread belief that plant crude extracts are non-toxic. In South Africa, traditional preparations of

Indexed as

Cassipourea flanaganiihypermelanosisin vivophytochemical compoundstoxicity

Identifiers

PMID37375906
PMCPMC10303658
OpenAlexW4380537867

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