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SynthesisPloS one2011

What is new for an old molecule? Systematic review and recommendations on the use of resveratrol.

Ole Vang, Nihal Ahmad, Clifton A Baile, Joseph A Baur, Karen Brown, Anna Csiszar, Dipak K Das, Dominique Delmas, Carmem Gottfried, Hung-Yun Lin and 11 more

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in PloS one, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01504854 (Phase II Study to Evaluate the Impact on Biomarkers of Resveratrol Treatment in Patients With Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease), which is not on this map. Cited by 164 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
164citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
27.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT01504854 phase2completednot on this mapstarted 2012, after this paper: background citation

Phase II Study to Evaluate the Impact on Biomarkers of Resveratrol Treatment in Patients With Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease

TypeinterventionalSponsorAlzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS)Ran2012 to 2014Enrolled119ConditionsAlzheimer's DiseaseArmsResveratrol, Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

164 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 435 citations in OpenAlex.

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104 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 20 institutions in 9 countries.

Ole VangDepartment of Science, System and Models, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark. ov@ruc.dk
Nihal Ahmad
Clifton A Baile
Joseph A Baur
Karen Brown
Anna Csiszar
Dipak K Das
Dominique Delmas
Carmem Gottfried
Hung-Yun Lin
Qing-Yong Ma
Partha Mukhopadhyay
Namasivayam Nalini
John M Pezzuto
Tristan Richard
Yogeshwer Shukla
Young-Joon Surh
Thomas Szekeres
Tomasz Szkudelski
Thomas Walle
Joseph M Wu
Albany Research Institute · USAnnamalai University · INBiologie du Fruit et Pathologie · FRFirst Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University · CNIndian Institute of Toxicology Research · INInserm · FRMedical University of South Carolina · USMedical University of Vienna · ATNational Institutes of Health · USNew York Medical College · USRoskilde University · DKSeoul National University · KRUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul · BRUniversity of Connecticut · USUniversity of Georgia · USUniversity of Hawaii at Hilo · USUniversity of Leicester · GBUniversity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

Cancer Research UK 13101
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundResveratrol is a natural compound suggested to have beneficial health effects. However, people are consuming resveratrol for this reason without having the adequate scientific evidence for its effects in humans. Therefore, scientific valid recommendations concerning the human intake of resveratrol based on available published scientific data are necessary. Such recommendations were formulated after the Resveratrol 2010 conference, held in September 2010 in Helsingør, Denmark. METHODOLOGY: Literature search in databases as PUBMED and ISI Web of Science in combination with manual search was used to answer the following five questions: (1)Can resveratrol be recommended in the prevention or treatment of human diseases?; (2)Are there observed "side effects" caused by the intake of resveratrol in humans?; (3)What is the relevant dose of resveratrol?; (4)What valid data are available regarding an effect in various species of experimental animals?; (5)Which relevant (overall) mechanisms of action of resveratrol have been documented? CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: The overall conclusion is that the published evidence is not sufficiently strong to justify a recommendation for the administration of resveratrol to humans, beyond the dose which can be obtained from dietary sources. On the other hand, animal data are promising in prevention of various cancer types, coronary heart diseases and diabetes which strongly indicate the need for human clinical trials. Finally, we suggest directions for future research in resveratrol regarding its mechanism of action and its safety and toxicology in human subjects.

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Identifiers

PMID21698226
PMCPMC3116821
OpenAlexW2116468636

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