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Baicalin and lung diseases.

Zeina W Sharawi, Islam M Ibrahim, Esraa K Abd-Alhameed, Hanan S Althagafy, Fatima A Jaber, Steve Harakeh, Emad H M Hassanein

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Review in Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Baicalin MitigatesAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 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

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Zeina W SharawiBiological Sciences Department, Faculty of Sciences, King AbdulAziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Islam M IbrahimDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt.
Esraa K Abd-AlhameedDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt.
Hanan S AlthagafyDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Fatima A JaberDepartment of Biology, College of Science, University of Jeddah, P.O. Box 80327, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Steve HarakehKing Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Emad H M HassaneinDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt. emadhassanien@azhar.edu.eg.
Beni-Suef University · EGJeddah University · SAKing Abdulaziz University · SAAl-Azhar University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies focusing on natural products have been conducted worldwide, and the results suggest that their natural ingredients effectively treat a wide range of illnesses. Baicalin (BIA) is a glycoside derived from the flavonoid baicalein present in Scutellaria baicalensis of the Lamiaceae family. Interestingly, BIA has been shown to protect the lungs in several animal models used in numerous studies. Therefore, we fully analyzed the data of the studies that focused on BIA's lung protective function against various injuries and included them in this review. Interestingly, BIA exhibits promising effects against acute lung injury, lung fibrosis, pulmonary embolism, and lung remodelling associated with COPD, LPS, and paraquat insecticide. BAI exhibits anticancer activity against lung cancer. Additionally, BIA potently attenuates lung damage associated with infections. BIA primarily exerts its therapeutic effects by suppressing inflammation, oxidative stress immune response, and apoptosis pathways. Nrf2/HO-1, PI3K/Akt, NF-κB, STAT3, MAPKs, TLR4, and NLRP3 are important targets in the pulmonary therapeutic effects of BIA on different lung disease models. Consequently, we recommend using it in future potential clinical applications, its contribution to treatment guidelines, and translating its promising effects to clinical practice in lung diseases.

Indexed as

Acute Lung InjuryPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesAnimalsFlavonoidsLipopolysaccharidesLungNF-kappa BbaicalinFlavonoidsLipopolysaccharidesNF-kappa BPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesAnti-inflammatoryAntioxidantBaicalinCancerLungSignals

Identifiers

PMID37725153
OpenAlexW4386865011

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