Anita Ankli

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Anita Ankli is a scholar working on Plant Science, Complementary and alternative medicine and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anita Ankli has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Plant Science, 5 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Anita Ankli's work include Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (4 papers), Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (4 papers) and Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies (3 papers). Anita Ankli is often cited by papers focused on Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (4 papers), Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (4 papers) and Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies (3 papers). Anita Ankli collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and Germany. Anita Ankli's co-authors include Otto Sticher, Michael Heinrich, Barbara Frei, Claudia Weimann, Eike Reich, H. Rimpler, Jörg Heilmann, Stefan Bieri, Philippe Christen and Caroline Mathon and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Social Science & Medicine and Journal of Ethnopharmacology.

In The Last Decade

Anita Ankli

14 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Medicinal plants in Mexico: healers' consensus and cultural importance

1998 990 citations Michael Heinrich, Anita Ankli et al. Social Science & Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anita Ankli Switzerland	13	1.2k	500	267	260	231	14	1.5k
Claudia Weimann Germany	5	962 0.8×	418 0.8×	197 0.7×	251 1.0×	165 0.7×	5	1.1k
J.O. Kokwaro Kenya	14	1.1k 1.0×	395 0.8×	172 0.6×	297 1.1×	201 0.9×	46	1.7k
H. De Wet South Africa	17	768 0.7×	310 0.6×	217 0.8×	175 0.7×	170 0.7×	37	1.2k
Olwen M. Grace United Kingdom	25	1.4k 1.2×	486 1.0×	244 0.9×	186 0.7×	290 1.3×	75	2.3k
S.C. Chhabra Kenya	26	1.3k 1.1×	432 0.9×	170 0.6×	192 0.7×	422 1.8×	63	2.1k
Paolo Maria Guarrera Italy	21	1.5k 1.3×	815 1.6×	316 1.2×	121 0.5×	173 0.7×	27	2.2k
T. Rabe South Africa	10	839 0.7×	511 1.0×	191 0.7×	112 0.4×	206 0.9×	11	1.2k
M. Reyes González-Tejero Spain	14	895 0.8×	459 0.9×	159 0.6×	138 0.5×	83 0.4×	23	1.2k
Douglas Sharon United States	15	804 0.7×	389 0.8×	204 0.8×	95 0.4×	283 1.2×	34	1.2k
Laura Casu Italy	24	926 0.8×	413 0.8×	198 0.7×	80 0.3×	244 1.1×	44	1.7k

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Yang, Yongping, et al.. (2017). Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels: Influence of Value Chain on Quality Criteria and Marker Compounds Ferulic Acid and Z-Ligustilide. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 14–14. 16 indexed citations

Şenol, Fatma Sezer, Anita Ankli, Eike Reich, & İlkay Erdoğan Orhan. (2016). HPTLC Finger-Printing and Cholinesterase Inhibitory and Metal-Chelating Capacity of Various Citrus Cultivars and Olea europaea. Food Technology and Biotechnology. 54(3). 275–281. 17 indexed citations

Agnaniet, Huguette, Jean‐Alain Fehrentz, Anita Ankli, et al.. (2016). Antidiabetic potential of two medicinal plants used in Gabonese folk medicine. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 16(1). 71–71. 26 indexed citations

Ankli, Anita, Stefan Schwaiger, Cláudia A. Simões‐Pires, et al.. (2015). Prevention of False-Positive Results: Development of an HPTLC Autographic Assay for the Detection of Natural Tyrosinase Inhibitors. Planta Medica. 81(12/13). 1198–1204. 34 indexed citations

Mathon, Caroline, Anita Ankli, Eike Reich, Stefan Bieri, & Philippe Christen. (2013). Screening and determination of sibutramine in adulterated herbal slimming supplements by HPTLC-UV densitometry. Food Additives & Contaminants Part A. 31(1). 15–20. 45 indexed citations

Mansour, Nuha R., Betül Demırcı, Anita Ankli, et al.. (2011). In vitro effect of Myrrh extracts on the viability of Schistosoma mansoni larvae. Planta Medica. 77(12). 3 indexed citations

Ankli, Anita, et al.. (2008). Rapid High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatographic Method for Detection of 5 Adulteration of Black Cohosh with Cimicifuga foetida, C. heracleifolia, C. dahurica, or C. americana. Journal of AOAC International. 91(6). 1257–1264. 22 indexed citations

Rimpler, H., et al.. (2005). A furanocoumarin and polymethoxylated flavonoids from the Yucatec Mayan plant Casimiroa tetrameria. Phytochemistry. 66(6). 649–652. 19 indexed citations

Heinrich, Michael, et al.. (2005). Spasmolytic and antidiarrhoeal properties of the Yucatec Mayan medicinal plant Casimiroa tetrameria. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 57(9). 1081–1085. 44 indexed citations

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Ankli, Anita, Michael Heinrich, Peter M. Bork, et al.. (2002). Yucatec Mayan medicinal plants: evaluation based on indigenous uses. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 79(1). 43–52. 87 indexed citations

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Ankli, Anita, Jörg Heilmann, Michael Heinrich, & Otto Sticher. (2000). Cytotoxic cardenolides and antibacterial terpenoids from Crossopetalum gaumeri. Phytochemistry. 54(5). 531–537. 44 indexed citations

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Ankli, Anita, Otto Sticher, & Michael Heinrich. (1999). Medical ethnobotany of the Yucatec Maya: Healers’ consensus as a quantitative criterion. Economic Botany. 53(2). 144–160. 100 indexed citations

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Ankli, Anita, Otto Sticher, & Michael Heinrich. (1999). Yucatec Maya Medicinal Plants Versus Nonmedicinal Plants: Indigenous Characterization and Selection. Human Ecology. 27(4). 557–580. 64 indexed citations

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Heinrich, Michael, Anita Ankli, Barbara Frei, Claudia Weimann, & Otto Sticher. (1998). Medicinal plants in Mexico: healers' consensus and cultural importance. Social Science & Medicine. 47(11). 1859–1871. 990 indexed citations breakdown →

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