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ArticleACS omega2023

Formulation, Characterization, and Evaluation of β-Cyclodextrin Functionalized Hypericin Loaded Nanocarriers.

Muhammad Ahsan Waqar, Muhammad Zaman, Huma Hameed, Muhammad Jamshaid, Ali Irfan, Gamal A Shazly, Ana Cláudia Paiva-Santos, Yousef A Bin Jardan

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Article in ACS omega, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

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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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Diverse Therapeutic Potentials of Hypericin: An In-Depth Review.Current topics in medicinal chemistry · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Muhammad Ahsan WaqarFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Central Punjab, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.
Muhammad ZamanFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Central Punjab, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.
Huma HameedFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Central Punjab, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.
Muhammad JamshaidFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Central Punjab, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.
Ali IrfanDepartment of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8977-3303
Gamal A ShazlyDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Ana Cláudia Paiva-SantosDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Coimbra, University of Coimbra, Coimbra 3000-548, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2710-6000
Yousef A Bin JardanDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
University of Central Punjab · PKKing Saud University · SAGovernment College University, Faisalabad · PKRede de Química e Tecnologia · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

St. John's wort in western Europe has been extensively utilized for the treatment of mild to moderate depression. Hypericin, a red pigment, is found to be responsible for its antidepressant activity. The aim of the current study was to prepare a nanoemulsion (O/W) of hypericin designed for immediate delivery of the drug to the brain for the treatment of depression. The nanoemulsion was prepared by means of a homogenization technique, and that was followed by its physicochemical evaluation. Tween-80, Span-80, β-cyclodextrin, ethanol, and eucalyptus oil were utilized for the manufacturing of the nanoemulsion. Morphological studies have revealed globular structures of nanosize that were confirmed by the zeta analysis. The consistency of particles was revealed by the low polydispersity values. pH values of all formulations lay within the range of nasal pH. The viscosity of the prepared formulations was affected by the increase in concentrations of β-cyclodextrin. After passing from the centrifugation and freeze-thaw studies, the prepared formulations showed good stability. Formulation F2 having a composition of oil phase (0.125 mL), aqueous phase (1.25 mL), and β-cyclodextrin (8%) showed the best results out of all the formulations, and F2 had a pH of 5.7, 5.35 cP viscosity, 1.332 refractive index, 148.8 globule size, and -10.8 zeta potential. The mean percentage drug release and

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PMID37867680
PMCPMC10586443
OpenAlexW4387300120

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