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ArticleDatabase : the journal of biological databases and curation2012

Phenol-Explorer 2.0: a major update of the Phenol-Explorer database integrating data on polyphenol metabolism and pharmacokinetics in humans and experimental animals.

Joseph A Rothwell, Mireia Urpi-Sarda, Maria Boto-Ordoñez, Craig Knox, Rafael Llorach, Roman Eisner, Joseph Cruz, Vanessa Neveu, David Wishart, Claudine Manach and 2 more

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Article in Database : the journal of biological databases and curation, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07555626 (Effects of a Mediterranean Diet-Based Nutritional Intervention on Gut Microbiota, Disease Activity, and Nutritional Status in Children With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus), which is not on this map. Cited by 62 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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62citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT07555626 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Effects of a Mediterranean Diet-Based Nutritional Intervention on Gut Microbiota, Disease Activity, and Nutritional Status in Children With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

TypeinterventionalSponsorTC Erciyes UniversityRan2026 to 2029Enrolled60ConditionsSystemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)ArmsMediterranean Diet-Based Individual Nutrition Counseling
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

62 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 186 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Development of a database for non-nutritive antioxidants in Australian-grown horticultural commodities.Nutrition & dietetics : the journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia · 2025
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  19. Metabolomics application for the design of an optimal diet.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Joseph A RothwellINRA, UMR1019, Unité Nutrition Humaine, CRNH Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand F-63000, France.
Mireia Urpi-Sarda
Maria Boto-Ordoñez
Craig Knox
Rafael Llorach
Roman Eisner
Joseph Cruz
Vanessa Neveu
David Wishart
Claudine Manach
Cristina Andres-Lacueva
Augustin Scalbert
Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine d'Auvergne · FRCentre International de Recherche sur le Cancer · FRConsorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer · ESInstituto de Salud Carlos III · ESCentre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine Rhône-Alpes · FRUniversitat de Barcelona · ESUniversity of Alberta · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phenol-Explorer, launched in 2009, is the only comprehensive web-based database on the content in foods of polyphenols, a major class of food bioactives that receive considerable attention due to their role in the prevention of diseases. Polyphenols are rarely absorbed and excreted in their ingested forms, but extensively metabolized in the body, and until now, no database has allowed the recall of identities and concentrations of polyphenol metabolites in biofluids after the consumption of polyphenol-rich sources. Knowledge of these metabolites is essential in the planning of experiments whose aim is to elucidate the effects of polyphenols on health. Release 2.0 is the first major update of the database, allowing the rapid retrieval of data on the biotransformations and pharmacokinetics of dietary polyphenols. Data on 375 polyphenol metabolites identified in urine and plasma were collected from 236 peer-reviewed publications on polyphenol metabolism in humans and experimental animals and added to the database by means of an extended relational design. Pharmacokinetic parameters have been collected and can be retrieved in both tabular and graphical form. The web interface has been enhanced and now allows the filtering of information according to various criteria. Phenol-Explorer 2.0, which will be periodically updated, should prove to be an even more useful and capable resource for polyphenol scientists because bioactivities and health effects of polyphenols are dependent on the nature and concentrations of metabolites reaching the target tissues. The Phenol-Explorer database is publicly available and can be found online at http://www.phenol-explorer.eu. Database URL: http://www.phenol-explorer.eu.

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Databases, ChemicalAnimalsFood AnalysisHumansInternetPolyphenolsSoftwarePolyphenols

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