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ReviewChinese herbal medicines2024

Potential efficacy and mechanism of eight mild-natured and bitter-flavored TCMs based on gut microbiota: A review.

Wenquan Su, Yanan Yang, Xiaohui Zhao, Jiale Cheng, Yuan Li, Shengxian Wu, Chongming Wu

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Review in Chinese herbal medicines, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Modulation of the gut microbiota by traditional Chinese medicine to attenuate chemotherapy-induced toxicity in gastric cancer: a review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Wenquan SuDongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China.
Yanan YangSchool of Chinese Materia Medica, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China.
Xiaohui ZhaoSchool of Chinese Materia Medica, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China.
Jiale ChengSchool of Chinese Materia Medica, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China.
Yuan LiDongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China.
Shengxian WuDongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China.
Chongming WuSchool of Chinese Materia Medica, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mild-natured and bitter-flavored traditional Chinese medicines (MB-TCMs) are an important class of TCMs that have been widely used in clinical practice and recognized as safe long-term treatments for chronic diseases. However, as an important class of TCMs, the panorama of pharmacological effects and the mechanisms of MB-TCMs have not been systemically reviewed. Compelling studies have shown that gut microbiota can mediate the therapeutic activity of TCMs and help to elucidate the core principles of TCM medicinal theory. In this systematic review, we found that MB-TCMs commonly participated in the modulation of metabolic syndrome, intestinal inflammation, nervous system disease and cardiovascular system disease in association with promoting the growth of beneficial bacteria

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5-hydroxytryptaminebile acidgamma-aminobutyric acidmild-natured and bitter-flavored traditional Chinese medicinesproperty theoryshort-chain fatty acidstraditional Chinese medicinetrimethylamine oxide

Identifiers

PMID38375054
PMCPMC10874767

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