Evidence mapPaperPMID 36467075Full record

SynthesisFrontiers in pharmacology2022

Glucose-lowering effect of berberine on type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Wenting Xie, Fugui Su, Guizhong Wang, Zichong Peng, Yaomin Xu, Yi Zhang, Ningning Xu, Kaijian Hou, Zhuping Hu, Yan Chen and 1 more

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
43citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
12.2field-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

43 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Berberine and health outcomes: an overview of systematic reviews.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025
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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

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Wenting XieDepartment of Endocrinology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University/The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Fugui SuDepartment of Endocrinology, Suixi Country People's Hospital, Guangdong Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Guizhong WangDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University/The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Zichong PengDepartment of Endocrinology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University/The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Yaomin XuDepartment of Endocrinology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University/The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Yi ZhangDepartment of Endocrinology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University/The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Ningning XuDepartment of Endocrinology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University/The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Kaijian HouDepartment of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Longhu Hospital, The First Affifiliated Hospital of Medical College of Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong, China.
Zhuping HuDepartment of Endocrinology, Wengyuan Country People's Hospital, Shaoguan, China.
Yan ChenDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, Center of Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Shaoguan City, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China.
Rongping ChenDepartment of Endocrinology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University/The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Zhujiang Hospital · CNGuangdong Medical College · CNShantou University · CNShaoguan Railway Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

berberineglucose-lowering effectmeta-analysissafetytype 2 diabetes

Identifiers

PMID36467075
PMCPMC9709280
OpenAlexW4309317312

What Socratic holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.