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ReviewChinese herbal medicines2026

Puerarin as a multifaceted anticancer agent: Mechanisms, targets, and therapeutic potential across multiple cancers.

Aida Alizamir, Masoud Khanaghaei, Farshad Mirzavi, Ali Nokhodchi, Laleh Ghavami, Bita Taghizadeh

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In one paragraph

Review in Chinese herbal medicines, 2026. 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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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.

  1. Review
  2. Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026
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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

6 authors.

Aida AlizamirDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan 6517838736, Iran.
Masoud KhanaghaeiDepartment of Laboratory Sciences, Sirjan Faculty of Medical Sciences, Sirjan 7816916338, Iran.
Farshad MirzaviCardiovascular Diseases Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand 9717853076, Iran.
Ali NokhodchiSchool of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RH, UK.
Laleh GhavamiDepartment of Biophysics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran 1417614411, Iran.
Bita TaghizadehDepartment of Medical Biotechnology, School of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz 5165665931, Iran.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Puerarin (Pue), a key isoflavone from

Indexed as

chemosensitizationGegenisoflavoneKudzumultidrug resistancePueraria lobata (Wild.) Ohwitumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID42488847
PMCPMC13390012

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