K. Cimanga

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

K. Cimanga is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Complementary and alternative medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Cimanga has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Plant Science and 6 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine. Recurrent topics in K. Cimanga's work include Synthesis and bioactivity of alkaloids (10 papers), Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (7 papers) and Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (6 papers). K. Cimanga is often cited by papers focused on Synthesis and bioactivity of alkaloids (10 papers), Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (7 papers) and Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (6 papers). K. Cimanga collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo and France. K. Cimanga's co-authors include Arnold Vlietinck, Luc Pieters, L. Tona, Tess De Bruyne, K. Kambu, Dirk Vanden Berghe, N. P. Ngimbi, Paul Cos, B. Van Poel and M. Calomme and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Journal of Ethnopharmacology and Phytochemistry.

In The Last Decade

K. Cimanga

30 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Structure−Activity Relationship and Classification of Flavonoids as Inhibitors of Xanthine Oxidase and Superoxide Scavengers

1998 903 citations Paul Cos, M. Calomme et al. Journal of Natural Products profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
K. Cimanga Belgium	22	1.3k	1.1k	707	655	502	30	3.1k
Fanie R. van Heerden South Africa	35	1.4k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	614 0.9×	482 0.7×	298 0.6×	144	3.7k
Kenji Mizutani Japan	31	1.8k 1.4×	839 0.8×	663 0.9×	586 0.9×	310 0.6×	107	3.4k
Monique Tits Belgium	30	969 0.8×	981 0.9×	449 0.6×	744 1.1×	297 0.6×	110	2.7k
Riad Élias France	29	1.3k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	464 0.7×	330 0.5×	610 1.2×	82	2.9k
Alaı́de Braga de Oliveira Brazil	34	1.5k 1.2×	1.5k 1.4×	807 1.1×	506 0.8×	249 0.5×	190	4.0k
Takao Konoshima Japan	42	2.5k 1.9×	1.4k 1.3×	774 1.1×	533 0.8×	413 0.8×	136	4.7k
Nordin H. Lajis Malaysia	38	1.5k 1.2×	1.7k 1.5×	687 1.0×	848 1.3×	650 1.3×	123	4.4k
Yasumasa Ikeshiro Japan	31	1.8k 1.4×	1.3k 1.2×	425 0.6×	564 0.9×	408 0.8×	85	3.3k
Toshiya Masuda Japan	37	1.8k 1.4×	1.3k 1.2×	854 1.2×	669 1.0×	1.1k 2.2×	161	4.5k
Masatake Niwa Japan	31	1.7k 1.3×	1.0k 1.0×	579 0.8×	360 0.5×	325 0.6×	154	3.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. Cimanga

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Vlietinck, Arnold, Luc Pieters, Sandra Apers, et al.. (2015). The value of central-African traditional medicine for lead finding: Some case studies. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 174. 607–617. 16 indexed citations

Xu, Yong‐Jiang, Kenn Foubert, Liene Dhooghe, et al.. (2012). Chromatographic profiling and identification of two new iridoid-indole alkaloids by UPLC–MS and HPLC-SPE-NMR analysis of an antimalarial extract from Nauclea pobeguinii. Phytochemistry Letters. 5(2). 316–319. 26 indexed citations

Maregesi, Sheila, Nina Hermans, Liene Dhooghe, et al.. (2010). Phytochemical and biological investigations of Elaeodendron schlechteranum. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 129(3). 319–326. 29 indexed citations

Cimanga, K., L. Tona, Nina Hermans, et al.. (2006). Antiamoebic Activity of Iridoids from Morinda morindoides Leaves. Planta Medica. 72(8). 751–753. 14 indexed citations

Miert, Sabine Van, Steven Hostyn, Bert U. W. Maes, et al.. (2005). Isoneocryptolepine, a Synthetic Indoloquinoline Alkaloid, as an Antiplasmodial Lead Compound. Journal of Natural Products. 68(5). 674–677. 107 indexed citations

Miert, Sabine Van, Tim H. M. Jonckers, K. Cimanga, et al.. (2004). In vitro inhibition of β-haematin formation, DNA interactions, antiplasmodial activity, and cytotoxicity of synthetic neocryptolepine derivatives. Experimental Parasitology. 108(3-4). 163–168. 29 indexed citations

Cimanga, K., Nina Hermans, Sandra Apers, et al.. (2002). Complement-Inhibiting Iridoids from Morinda morindoides. Journal of Natural Products. 66(1). 97–102. 63 indexed citations

Cos, Paul, M. Calomme, Tess De Bruyne, et al.. (2001). Cytotoxicity and Lipid Peroxidation-Inhibiting Activity of Flavonoids. Planta Medica. 67(6). 515–519. 74 indexed citations

Tona, L., K. Mesia, N. P. Ngimbi, et al.. (2001). In-vivo antimalarial activity ofCassia occidentalism Morinda morindoidesandPhyllanthus niruri. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. 95(1). 47–57. 151 indexed citations

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Tona, L., K. Kambu, N. P. Ngimbi, et al.. (2000). Antiamoebic and spasmolytic activities of extracts from some antidiarrhoeal traditional preparations used in Kinshasa, Congo. Phytomedicine. 7(1). 31–38. 150 indexed citations

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Tona, L., K. Kambu, K. Mesia, et al.. (1999). Biological screening of traditional preparations from some medicinal plants used as antidiarrhoeal in Kinshasa, Congo. Phytomedicine. 6(1). 59–66. 140 indexed citations

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Cimanga, K., Tess De Bruyne, Sandra Apers, et al.. (1999). Complement-Inhibiting Constituents of Bridelia ferruginea Stem Bark. Planta Medica. 65(3). 213–217. 49 indexed citations

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Tona, L., N. P. Ngimbi, K. Mesia, et al.. (1999). Antimalarial activity of 20 crude extracts from nine African medicinal plants used in Kinshasa, Congo. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 68(1-3). 193–203. 198 indexed citations

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Cimanga, K., Tess De Bruyne, Paul Cos, et al.. (1999). Constituents from <I>Morinda morindoides</I> Leaves as Inhibitors of Xanthine Oxidase and Scavengers of Superoxide Anions. Pharmacy and Pharmacology Communications. 5(6). 419–424. 32 indexed citations

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Tona, L., K. Kambu, N. P. Ngimbi, K. Cimanga, & Arnold Vlietinck. (1998). Antiamoebic and phytochemical screening of some Congolese medicinal plants. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 61(1). 57–65. 398 indexed citations

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Cimanga, K., Tess De Bruyne, Luc Pieters, et al.. (1998). Antibacterial and antifungal activities of neocryptolepine, biscryptolepine and cryptoquindoline, alkaloids isolated from Cryptolepis sanguinolenta. Phytomedicine. 5(3). 209–214. 66 indexed citations

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Cimanga, K., Tess De Bruyne, A. Lasure, et al.. (1996). In VitroBiological Activities of Alkaloids fromCryptolepis sanguinolenta. Planta Medica. 62(1). 22–27. 108 indexed citations

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Cimanga, K., Tess De Bruyne, Luc Pieters, Magda Claeys, & Arnold Vlietinck. (1996). New alkaloids from Cryptolepis sanguinolenta. Tetrahedron Letters. 37(10). 1703–1706. 171 indexed citations

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Cimanga, K., Luc Pieters, Magda Claeys, Dirk Vanden Berghe, & Arnold Vlietinck. (1991). Biological Activities of Cryptolepine, An Alkaloid fromCryptolepis sanguinolenta. Planta Medica. 57(S 2). A98–A99. 18 indexed citations

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Tona, L., et al.. (1990). [Antispasmodic activity of extracts from plants used as anti-diarrhea preparations in Kinshasa, Zaïre].. PubMed. 48(4). 200–8. 4 indexed citations

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