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ReviewTheScientificWorldJournal2025

A Mini Review Validating the Therapeutic Potential of

Simon Peter Kaweesa, Tony Wotoyitide Lukwago, Martin Odoki, Ibrahim Ntulume, Godwin Anywar, Washington Willy Anokbonggo, Bernard Guyah, James Ombaka

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Review in TheScientificWorldJournal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
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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.

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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

8 authors.

Simon Peter KaweesaDepartment of Biomedical Science and Technology, School of Public Health and Community Development, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0146-4849
Tony Wotoyitide LukwagoDepartment of Pharmacology & Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Kampala International University Western Campus, Bushenyi, Uganda.
Martin OdokiDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Health & Life Sciences, King Ceasor University, Kampala, Uganda.
Ibrahim NtulumeDepartment of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, School of Medicine, Health & Life Sciences, King Ceasor University, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3157-6251
Godwin AnywarEthnopharmacology and Zoopharmacognosy, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0926-1832
Washington Willy AnokbonggoDepartment of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, School of Medicine, Health & Life Sciences, King Ceasor University, Kampala, Uganda.
Bernard GuyahDepartment of Biomedical Science and Technology, School of Public Health and Community Development, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya.
James OmbakaDepartment of Biomedical Science and Technology, School of Public Health and Community Development, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: This study explored the potential of Methods: A comprehensive assessment, synthesis, and compilation of the potential of Results: From an initial 200 search results, 37 full-text articles inclusive of three informative abstracts met the inclusion criteria. The review revealed that Conclusion: The review suggests that

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Identifiers

PMID41080417
PMCPMC12510769

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