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ArticleACS omega2023

Triterpenoids from

Musawenkosi Ndlovu, June C Serem, Mamoalosi A Selepe, Andrew R Opoku, Megan J Bester, Zeno Apostolides, Rebamang A Mosa

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Article in ACS omega, 2023. 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
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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, 5 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Musawenkosi NdlovuDepartment of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield 0028, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5901-6766
June C SeremDepartment of Anatomy, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0007, South Africa.
Mamoalosi A SelepeDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pretoria, Hatfield 0028, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5081-178X
Andrew R OpokuDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa 3886, South Africa.
Megan J BesterDepartment of Anatomy, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0007, South Africa.
Zeno ApostolidesDepartment of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield 0028, South Africa.
Rebamang A MosaDepartment of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield 0028, South Africa.
University of Pretoria · ZAUniversity of Zululand · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The increasing incidence of hypercholesterolemia-related diseases even in the presence of the currently available cholesterol-lowering drugs indicates a need to discover new therapeutic drugs. This study aimed to investigate the hypocholesterolemic potential of two triterpenoids isolated from

Identifiers

PMID37663489
PMCPMC10468762
OpenAlexW4385799626

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