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ReviewNutrients2015

The potential benefits of red beetroot supplementation in health and disease.

Tom Clifford, Glyn Howatson, Daniel J West, Emma J Stevenson

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Review in Nutrients, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 169 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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169citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
31.2field-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

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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

169 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 595 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tom CliffordDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumberland Building, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK. tom.clifford@northumbria.ac.uk.
Glyn HowatsonDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumberland Building, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK. glyn.howatson@northumbria.ac.uk.
Daniel J WestDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumberland Building, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK. d.j.west@northumbria.ac.uk.
Emma J StevensonDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumberland Building, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK. e.stevenson@northumbria.ac.uk.
Northumbria University · GBNorth-West University · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years there has been a growing interest in the biological activity of red beetroot (Beta vulgaris rubra) and its potential utility as a health promoting and disease preventing functional food. As a source of nitrate, beetroot ingestion provides a natural means of increasing in vivo nitric oxide (NO) availability and has emerged as a potential strategy to prevent and manage pathologies associated with diminished NO bioavailability, notably hypertension and endothelial function. Beetroot is also being considered as a promising therapeutic treatment in a range of clinical pathologies associated with oxidative stress and inflammation. Its constituents, most notably the betalain pigments, display potent antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and chemo-preventive activity in vitro and in vivo. The purpose of this review is to discuss beetroot's biological activity and to evaluate evidence from studies that specifically investigated the effect of beetroot supplementation on inflammation, oxidative stress, cognition and endothelial function.

Indexed as

Beta vulgarisFunctional FoodVegetablesAnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntioxidantsCardiovascular AgentsCognitionDisease Models, AnimalEndotheliumHumansOxidative StressPlant ExtractsPlant RootsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntioxidantsCardiovascular AgentsPlant Extracts

Identifiers

PMID25875121
PMCPMC4425174
OpenAlexW2140519760

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