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ArticleTheScientificWorldJournal2014

The neuroprotective effect of cornus MAS on brain tissue of Wistar rats.

Renata Francik, Jadwiga Kryczyk, Mirosław Krośniak, Mehmet Berköz, Ilona Sanocka, Sławomir Francik

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Article in TheScientificWorldJournal, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Evaluation ofMetabolites · 2025
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  3. Molecular Effects of Cornelian Cherry Fruit (Current issues in molecular biology · 2025
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  5. Antioxidant Activity of Anthocyanins and Anthocyanidins: A Critical Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  9. Cornelian Cherry (International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  12. Effects of Cornelian Cherry on Atherosclerosis and Its Risk Factors.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2019
    Review
  13. Frontiers in pharmacology · 2018
    Review
  14. Effects ofResearch in pharmaceutical sciences · 2017
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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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Renata FrancikDepartment of Bioorganic Chemistry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 9 Medyczna Street, 30-688 Krakow, Poland ; State Higher Vocational School, Institute of Health, Staszica 1 Street, 33-300 Nowy Sacz, Poland.
Jadwiga KryczykDepartment of Food Chemistry and Nutrition, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 9 Medyczna Street, 30-688 Krakow, Poland.
Mirosław KrośniakDepartment of Food Chemistry and Nutrition, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 9 Medyczna Street, 30-688 Krakow, Poland.
Mehmet BerközDepartment of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Yuzuncu Yıl University, Zeve Campus, 65080 Van, Turkey.
Ilona SanockaDepartment of Bioorganic Chemistry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 9 Medyczna Street, 30-688 Krakow, Poland.
Sławomir FrancikDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Agrophysics, Faculty of Production Engineering and Energetics, University of Agriculture in Krakow, 116 B Balicka Street, 30-149 Krakow, Poland.
Jagiellonian University · PLPaństwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa w Nowym Sączu · PLUniversity of Agriculture in Krakow · PLVan Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cornelian cherry (Cornus mas) is a valuable source of phenolic antioxidants. Flavonoid derivatives as nonenzymatic antioxidants are important in the pathophysiology of many diseases including neurological disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease) or heart disease. In this study, we examined the effect of an addition of freeze-dried fruit of cornelian cherry on three types of diets: control diet, fructose diet, and diet enriched in fats (high-fat diet). This effect was studied by determining the following antioxidant parameters in both brain tissue and plasma in rats: catalase, ferric reducing ability of plasma, paraoxonase, protein carbonyl groups, and free thiol groups. Results indicate that both fructose diet and high-fat diet affect the antioxidant capacity of the organism. Furthermore, an addition of cornelian cherry resulted in increased activity of catalase in brain tissue, while in plasma it caused the opposite effect. In turn, with regard to paraoxonase activity in both brain tissue and plasma, it had a stimulating effect. Adding cornelian cherry to the tested diets increased the activity of PON in both tested tissues. Moreover, protective effect of fruits of this plant was observed in the process of oxidation of proteins by decreasing levels of protein carbonyl groups and thiol groups in brain tissue as well as in plasma.

Indexed as

CornusFruitAnimalsAntioxidantsBrainFlavonoidsMaleNeuroprotective AgentsPlant ExtractsRandom AllocationRatsRats, WistarAntioxidantsFlavonoidsNeuroprotective AgentsPlant Extracts

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PMID25401157
PMCPMC4221989
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