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ArticleAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Lemongrass Alleviates Primary Dysmenorrhea Symptoms by Reducing Oxidative Stress and Inflammation and Relaxing the Uterine Muscles.

Sheikh Safeena Sidiq, Qaiser Jabeen, QurratUlAin Jamil, Muhammad Saeed Jan, Iram Iqbal, Fatima Saqib, Mohammed Aufy, Shahid Muhammad Iqbal

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Article in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Exploring the Therapeutic Potential ofFood science & nutrition · 2026
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  2. Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Sheikh Safeena SidiqDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan.
Qaiser JabeenDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan.
QurratUlAin JamilDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan.
Muhammad Saeed JanDepartment of Pharmacy, Bacha Khan University, Charsadda 24420, Pakistan.
Iram IqbalDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan.ORCID 0009-0007-6186-9374
Fatima SaqibDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0001-6242-7147
Mohammed AufyDivision of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Vienna, UZA II, Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-6693-4530
Shahid Muhammad IqbalDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0001-5746-0866

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary dysmenorrhea (PD) is characterized by lower abdominal spasms and painful cramps during menstruation in females with a normal pelvic anatomy.

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analgesicanti-inflammatoryantioxidantdysmenorrhealemongrasstocolytic

Identifiers

PMID40722942
PMCPMC12291959

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