Analysis of Three Species of

Nomakhosi Mpofana, Masande Yalo, Nceba Gqaleni, Ncoza Cordelia Dlova, Ahmed A Hussein

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed

1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

Insights on Clinical Development of Cell and Gene Therapy for Rare Diseases-by DahShu Innovative Design Scientific Working Group (IDSWG).Therapeutic innovation & regulatory science · 2025
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Anti-Tyrosinase and Radical Scavenging Activities of Selected Cassipourea Plants and Isolated 7-Methoxygeranin A: Traditional Use as Skin Lighteners.Journal of experimental pharmacology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nomakhosi MpofanaNelson R Mandela School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4000, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-3007-1147

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

Ncoza Cordelia DlovaNelson R Mandela School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, 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

Cape Peninsula University of Technology · ZADurban University of Technology · ZAUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is a growing demand and use of herbal cosmetics for skin purposes due to their perceived safety when applied to the skin. Three

Indexed as

HyperpigmentationRhizophoraceaeChromatography, LiquidFemaleHumansMonophenol MonooxygenaseSouth AfricaTandem Mass SpectrometryMonophenol Monooxygenasecosmeticshypermelanosismedicinal plantsmelanin inhibitionskin lighteningtyrosinase inhibition

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PMID38203415

DOI10.3390/ijms25010237

PMCPMC10779010

OpenAlexW4390176040

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