Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22139548›Full record

ReviewChinese journal of integrative medicine2011

The empiric use of palm kernel oil in neonatal skin care: justifiable or not?

Andreas Chiabi, Maguerite Hortence Kenmogne, Seraphin Nguefack, Bolaji Obadeyi, Evelyne Mah, Franck Zeh Meka, Pierre-Fernand Tchokoteu, Elie Mbonda, Tetanye Ekoe

Abstract readReview
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Review in Chinese journal of integrative medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Black soldier fly (Health science reports · 2024
    Review
  2. Review
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

9 authors.

Andreas ChiabiYaounde Gynaeco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital, Cameroon. andy_Chiabi@yahoo.co.hk
Maguerite Hortence Kenmogne
Seraphin Nguefack
Bolaji Obadeyi
Evelyne Mah
Franck Zeh Meka
Pierre-Fernand Tchokoteu
Elie Mbonda
Tetanye Ekoe

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Palm kernel oil is a vegetable oil derived from Elaeis guineensis and widely used in neonatal settings for skin care. It is a good emollient with a beneficial effect in moisturizing the skin and preventing transdermal heat and water loss. However, it's putative roles in the prevention or treatment of fatty acid defificiency is still controversial. So is its function in the improvement of neurological development from its longchain polyunsaturated fatty acids? We set out in this review to verify whether its empiric use in this context has any scientific justification and is recommendable. Although there is evidence that it has emollient and moisturizing properties necessary for softening the skin and restoring elasticity, controversy subsists on its other nutritional and neurodevelopmental properties.

Indexed as

Skin CareHumansInfant, NewbornPalm OilPlant OilsSkinPalm OilPlant Oils

Identifiers

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.