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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Evaluation of Biological Activity of Natural Compounds: Current Trends and Methods.

Carlos Barba-Ostria, Saskya E Carrera-Pacheco, Rebeca Gonzalez-Pastor, Jorge Heredia-Moya, Arianna Mayorga-Ramos, Cristina Rodríguez-Pólit, Johana Zúñiga-Miranda, Benjamin Arias-Almeida, Linda P Guamán

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In one paragraph

Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
55citing papers in PubMed
8.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

55 citing papers in PubMed, 112 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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Carlos Barba-OstriaEscuela de Medicina, Colegio de Ciencias de la Salud Quito, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito 170901, Ecuador.
Saskya E Carrera-PachecoCentro de Investigación Biomédica (CENBIO), Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Universidad UTE, Quito 170527, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0003-2351-5595
Rebeca Gonzalez-PastorCentro de Investigación Biomédica (CENBIO), Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Universidad UTE, Quito 170527, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0002-5630-6645
Jorge Heredia-MoyaCentro de Investigación Biomédica (CENBIO), Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Universidad UTE, Quito 170527, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0001-7620-9140
Arianna Mayorga-RamosCentro de Investigación Biomédica (CENBIO), Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Universidad UTE, Quito 170527, Ecuador.
Cristina Rodríguez-PólitCentro de Investigación Biomédica (CENBIO), Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Universidad UTE, Quito 170527, Ecuador.
Johana Zúñiga-MirandaCentro de Investigación Biomédica (CENBIO), Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Universidad UTE, Quito 170527, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0001-9037-9306
Benjamin Arias-AlmeidaCentro de Investigación Biomédica (CENBIO), Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Universidad UTE, Quito 170527, Ecuador.
Linda P GuamánCentro de Investigación Biomédica (CENBIO), Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Universidad UTE, Quito 170527, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0002-3756-2387
Universidad UTE · ECUniversidad San Francisco de Quito · EC

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural compounds have diverse structures and are present in different forms of life. Metabolites such as tannins, anthocyanins, and alkaloids, among others, serve as a defense mechanism in live organisms and are undoubtedly compounds of interest for the food, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical industries. Plants, bacteria, and insects represent sources of biomolecules with diverse activities, which are in many cases poorly studied. To use these molecules for different applications, it is essential to know their structure, concentrations, and biological activity potential. In vitro techniques that evaluate the biological activity of the molecules of interest have been developed since the 1950s. Currently, different methodologies have emerged to overcome some of the limitations of these traditional techniques, mainly via reductions in time and costs. These emerging technologies continue to appear due to the urgent need to expand the analysis capacity of a growing number of reported biomolecules. This review presents an updated summary of the conventional and relevant methods to evaluate the natural compounds' biological activity in vitro.

Indexed as

AlkaloidsAnthocyaninsAntioxidantsBacteriaTanninsAlkaloidsAnthocyaninsAntioxidantsTanninsantimicrobialantioxidantbioactive compoundsnatural product

Identifiers

PMID35889361
PMCPMC9324072
OpenAlexW4285394777

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Registered trials

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