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ArticleBioMed research international2024

Alex Boye, Ernest Amponsah Asiamah, Orleans Martey, Frederick Ayertey

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Article in BioMed research international, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alex BoyeDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1133-0940
Ernest Amponsah AsiamahDepartment of Biomedical Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9428-1891
Orleans MarteyDepartment of Pharmacology, Center for Plant Medicine Research, Mampong-Akuapem, Eastern Region, Ghana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6740-5411
Frederick AyerteyDepartment of Phytochemistry, Center for Plant Medicine Research, Mampong-Akuapem, Eastern Region, Ghana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1691-5646
University of Cape Coast · GH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Traditional herbal medicine practitioners in the Ashanti region of Ghana use the fruit peels of Materials and Methods: After preparation of LPE, it was subjected to phytochemical screening using standard phytochemical methods. A total of 30 healthy adult male Sprague-Dawley rats (weighing 150-200 g) were randomly assigned into six groups of 5 rats each. Rats in the control group received olive oil (5 mL/kg Results: Alkaloids, tannins, flavonoids, terpenoids, and saponins were detected in LPE. Model rats demonstrated increased serum levels of AFP, CRP, ALP, GGT, ALT, and AST, prothrombin time, total bilirubin, direct bilirubin, blood lymphocyte, and monocyte counts, but decreased serum albumin and total protein compared to control rats. Unlike the control, model rats demonstrated fat accumulation in periportal and centrilobular hepatocytes and neoplastic transformation. Semiquantitation of periodic acid Schiff- (PAS-) stained liver sections showed decreased glycogen storage in hepatocytes of model rats compared to control rats. Compared to the model, LPE treatment protected against CCl4-induced hepatocarcinogenesis, which was evidenced by decreased AFP, CRP, liver enzymes, total and direct bilirubin, prothrombin time, and blood lymphocyte and monocyte counts; attenuation of fat accumulation; and increased glycogen storage, albumin, and total protein. Conclusion: LPE abates CCl

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularCitrusLiver NeoplasmsAlanine TransaminaseAlkaline Phosphatasealpha-FetoproteinsAnimalsAspartate AminotransferasesBilirubinCarbon TetrachlorideCarcinogenesisFruitGlycogenMaleOlive OilPhytochemicalsAlanine TransaminaseAlkaline Phosphatasealpha-FetoproteinsAspartate AminotransferasesBilirubinCarbon TetrachlorideGlycogenOlive OilPhytochemicalsPlant Extracts

Identifiers

PMID38204757
PMCPMC10776197
OpenAlexW4390491746

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