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| Title |
Spirulina platensis versus silymarin in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection. A pilot randomized, comparative clinical trial
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Gastroenterology, April 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-230x-12-32 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mostafa Yakoot, Amel Salem |
| Abstract |
Spirulina platensis, a cynobacterium used frequently as a dietary supplement had been found to exhibit many immune-stimulating and antiviral activities. It had been found to activate macrophages, NK cells, T cells, B cells, and to stimulate the production of Interferon gamma (IFN-γ) and other cytokines. Natural substances isolated from Spirulina platensis had been found to be potent inhibitors against several enveloped viruses by blocking viral absorption/penetration and some replication stages of progeny viruses after penetration into cells. We aimed to study whether this dietary supplement possesses any therapeutically feasible activity worthy of further larger controlled clinical evaluation. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 11 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 55% |
| Egypt | 1 | 9% |
| Mexico | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 3 | 27% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 82% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 18% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 89 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 86 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 13 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 17 | 19% |
| Unknown | 20 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 18 | 20% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 18% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 6% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 13 | 15% |
| Unknown | 28 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 February 2021.
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#3,418,487
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Outputs from BMC Gastroenterology
#211
of 1,847 outputs
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#21,860
of 164,232 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Gastroenterology
#3
of 21 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 1,847 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 6.4. This one has done well, scoring higher than 88% of its peers.
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