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Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds

Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds is a research topic within Biomaterials. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the bioactive properties of latex compounds, particularly from Calotropis procera and Hoodia gordonii. It covers a wide range of activities such as antitumor, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and cytotoxic effects. Additionally, it explores the ethnobotanical aspects of these latex compounds.

  • Latex
  • Calotropis procera
  • Pregnane Glycosides
  • Antitumor Activity
  • C21 Steroidal Glycosides
  • Antioxidant
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Cytotoxicity
  • Hoodia gordonii
  • Ethnobotany
Research works
11k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+6%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
40% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds

Which countries lead Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (407 and 237 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 407 works
  2. 2 India 237 works
  3. 3 Nigeria 62 works
  4. 4 United States 60 works
  5. 5 Brazil 52 works
  6. 6 South Korea 45 works
  7. 7 Pakistan 42 works
  8. 8 Egypt 40 works
  9. 9 Vietnam 36 works
  10. 10 Saudi Arabia 35 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: 40.0%India: 23.3%Nigeria: 6.1%United States: 5.9%6 others listed: 24.6%40%largest
China407 · 40.0%India237 · 23.3%Nigeria62 · 6.1%United States60 · 5.9%6 others listed250 · 24.6%

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

Which institutions lead Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds research, followed by Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College.

Who are the leading researchers in Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds include Amirhossein Sahebkar, Trevor William Robbins and Hua Zhang.

  1. 1 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
  2. 2 Trevor William Robbins United Kingdom 199k citations
  3. 3 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds?

The most cited paper in Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds is "Interleukin-1 polymorphisms associated with increased risk of gastric cancer" (Emad M. El-Omar, Mary N Carrington, Wong-Ho Chow et al., 2000), with 2,384 citations. Next come "Distribution of Menaquinones in Actinomycetes and Corynebacteria" (2,293) and "Studies of the mediators of the acute inflammatory response induced in rats in different sites by carrageenan and turpentine" (1,410).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Interleukin-1 polymorphisms associated with increased risk of gastric cancer Emad M. El-Omar, Mary N Carrington, Wong-Ho Chow et al. · Nature 23 Mar 2000 2,384
2 Distribution of Menaquinones in Actinomycetes and Corynebacteria M.D. Collins, T. Pirouz, Michael Goodfellow et al. · Journal of General Microbiology Jun 1977 2,293
3 Studies of the mediators of the acute inflammatory response induced in rats in different sites by carrageenan and turpentine Michelino Di Rosa, J. P. Giroud, D. A. Willoughby · The Journal of Pathology May 1971 1,410
4 The Therapeutic Potential of Naringenin: A Review of Clinical Trials Bahare Salehi, Patrick Valère Tsouh Fokou, Mehdi Sharifi‐Rad et al. · Pharmaceuticals Open access 10 Jan 2019 819
5 Saponins as cytotoxic agents: a review Irma Podolak, Agnieszka Galanty, Danuta Sobolewska · Phytochemistry Reviews Open access 24 Jun 2010 706
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Where is Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds research done?

The largest centres of Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Guangzhou (China), Shanghai (China) and Guiyang (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 49 works
  2. 2 GuangzhouChina 29 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 22 works
  4. 4 GuiyangChina 18 works
  5. 5 HanoiVietnam 17 works
  6. 6 KunmingChina 17 works
  7. 7 New DelhiIndia 16 works
  8. 8 SeoulSouth Korea 15 works
  9. 9 Xi'anChina 14 works
  10. 10 GizaEgypt 14 works
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Where is the best place to study Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds?

Among universities, judged by research, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College and Shaanxi Normal University 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%10%20%mean 8.25%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Guangzhou University…Chinese Academy of M…Guiyang Medical Univ…Shaanxi Normal Unive…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Guangzhou University of Chinese MedicineChina 61.416.9%27.9×9 +104.8%
2Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 54.19.2%7.8×11 -17.9%
3Shaanxi Normal UniversityChina 48.61.6%29.2×11 -
4Guiyang Medical UniversityChina 45.45.3%38.5×10 +268.9%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds, country by country

Is Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2006. The fastest-growing topics are Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0060% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds10.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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