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Medicinal plant effects and applications

Medicinal plant effects and applications is a research topic within Complementary and alternative medicine. Science Explorer counts 9.1k research works in it since 1950. 15.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the medicinal properties of Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica) and its bioactive compounds, particularly Dihydromyricetin. The research covers a wide range of pharmacological effects, including immunomodulatory, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, anticancer, and neuroprotective activities.

  • Stinging Nettle
  • Dihydromyricetin
  • Flavonoid Glycosides
  • Immunomodulatory Activity
  • Antioxidant
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Pharmacological Effects
  • Hepatoprotective
  • Anticancer
  • Neuroprotective
Research works
9.1k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+30%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Medicinal plant effects and applications research?

By volume, China and Russia publish the most (390 and 175 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 390 works
  2. 2 Russia 175 works
  3. 3 Ukraine 135 works
  4. 4 India 111 works
  5. 5 United States 78 works
  6. 6 Poland 77 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 61 works
  8. 8 Iran 49 works
  9. 9 Romania 42 works
  10. 10 South Korea 38 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 33.7%Russia: 15.2%Ukraine: 11.7%India: 9.6%6 others listed: 29.8%34%largest
China390 · 33.7%Russia175 · 15.2%Ukraine135 · 11.7%India111 · 9.6%6 others listed344 · 29.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Medicinal plant effects and applications research?

By volume in 2022–2025, National University of Pharmacy publishes the most Medicinal plant effects and applications research, followed by Weatherford College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 National University of PharmacyUkraine 15 works
  2. 2 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 13 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 9 works
  4. 4 Sechenov UniversityRussia 9 works
  5. 5 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 8 works
  6. 6 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 8 works
  7. 7 University of BelgradeSerbia 7 works
  8. 8 Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical UniversityUkraine 7 works
  9. 9 University of ZagrebCroatia 7 works
  10. 10 Voronezh State UniversityRussia 7 works

Where is Medicinal plant effects and applications research done?

The largest centres of Medicinal plant effects and applications research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China), Kyiv (Ukraine) and Kharkiv (Ukraine).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 53 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 53 works
  3. 3 Kyiv Ukraine 36 works
  4. 4 Kharkiv Ukraine 19 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 19 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 18 works
  7. 7 Chengdu China 17 works
  8. 8 Changsha China 16 works
  9. 9 Hangzhou China 16 works
  10. 10 Warsaw Poland 15 works
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Where is the best place to study Medicinal plant effects and applications?

Among universities, judged by research, National University of Pharmacy, Sechenov University and Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 15.52%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →National University of Pharmacy: 15, 2.9%Sechenov University: 9, 2.4%Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine: 8, 31.1%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 9, 40.7%Weatherford College: 13, 0.5%Chinese Academy of M…Chengdu University o…National University …Sechenov University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 National University of PharmacyUkraine 70.72.9%418.7×15 +671.7%
2 Sechenov UniversityRussia 54.22.4%16.7×9 +241.7%
3 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 53.831.1%21.9×8 —
4 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 40.840.7%5.8×9 -29.4%
5 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 35.50.5%5.7×13 +371.0%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Medicinal plant effects and applications research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Medicinal plant effects and applications.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.