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ReviewInternational journal of nanomedicine2023

Potential Efficacy of Herbal Medicine-Derived Carbon Dots in the Treatment of Diseases: From Mechanism to Clinic.

Mingtang Zeng, Yao Wang, Maozhu Liu, Yuxun Wei, Jie Wen, Yuchen Zhang, Tao Chen, Nianyu He, Ping Fan, Xinhua Dai

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Review in International journal of nanomedicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing 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

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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

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Mingtang ZengDepartment of Pharmacy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China.
Yao WangDepartment of Pharmacy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China.
Maozhu LiuDepartment of Pharmacy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China.
Yuxun WeiDepartment of Pharmacy, Zhongjiang County People's Hospital, Deyang, 618000, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-9723-1611
Jie WenDepartment of Pharmacy, Shehong Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shehong, 629600, People's Republic of China.
Yuchen ZhangDepartment of Pharmacy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China.
Tao ChenKey Laboratory of Medical Electrophysiology, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmacy of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, People's Republic of China.
Nianyu HeDepartment of Pharmacy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China.
Ping FanDepartment of Pharmacy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China.
Xinhua DaiDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carbon dots (CDs), a crucial component of nanomaterials, are zero-dimensional nanomaterials with carbon as the backbone structure and smaller than 10 nm. Due to their beneficial characteristics, they are widely used in biomedical fields such as biosensors, drug delivery, bio-imaging, and interactions with DNA. Interestingly, a novel type of carbon dot, generated by using herbal medicines as synthetic raw materials, has emerged as the most recent incomer in the family of CDs with the extensive growth in the number of materials selected for carbon dots synthesis. Herbal medicine-derived carbon dots (HM-CDs) have been employed in the biomedical industry, and are rapidly emerging as "modern nanomaterials" due to their unique structures and exceptional capabilities. Emerging trends suggest that their specific properties can be used in bleeding disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, inflammation-related diseases, and other common intractable diseases including cancer, menopausal syndrome, central nervous system disorders, and pain of various forms and causes. In addition, HM-CDs have been found to have organ-protective and antioxidant properties, as evidenced by extensive studies. This research provides a more comprehensive understanding of the biomedical applications of HM-CDs for the aforementioned disorders and investigates the intrinsic pharmacological activities and mechanisms of these HM-CDs to further advance their clinical applications.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsQuantum DotsCarbonHerbal MedicineHumansPlant ExtractsCarbonPlant Extractscarbon dotsdisease treatmentherbal medicinenanomaterialspotential mechanism

Identifiers

PMID37965279
PMCPMC10642355

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