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ReviewChinese herbal medicines2023

Natto: A medicinal and edible food with health function.

Chunfang Wang, Jinpeng Chen, Wenguo Tian, Yanqi Han, Xu Xu, Tao Ren, Chengwang Tian, Changqing Chen

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Review in Chinese herbal medicines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
7.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chunfang WangTianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China.
Jinpeng ChenTianjin Institute of Pharmaceutical Research, Tianjin 300462, China.
Wenguo TianTianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China.
Yanqi HanTianjin Institute of Pharmaceutical Research, Tianjin 300462, China.
Xu XuTianjin Institute of Pharmaceutical Research, Tianjin 300462, China.
Tao RenTianjin Institute of Pharmaceutical Research, Tianjin 300462, China.
Chengwang TianTianjin Institute of Pharmaceutical Research, Tianjin 300462, China.
Changqing ChenTianjin Institute of Pharmaceutical Research, Tianjin 300462, China.
Tianjin Institute of Pharmaceutical Research (China) · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natto is a soybean product fermented by natto bacteria. It is rich in a variety of amino acids, vitamins, proteins and active enzymes. It has a number of biological activities, such as thrombolysis, prevention of osteoporosis, antibacterial, anticancer, antioxidant and so on. It is widely used in medicine, health-care food, biocatalysis and other fields. Natto is rich in many pharmacological active substances and has significant medicinal research value. This paper summarizes the pharmacological activities and applications of natto in and outside China, so as to provide references for further research and development of natto.

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active ingredientsapplication of nattomechanisms of actionnattopharmacological actions

Identifiers

PMID37538862
PMCPMC10394349
OpenAlexW4378473464

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