Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26965389›Full record

ArticleScientific reports2016

Determination of cyanidin 3-glucoside in rat brain, liver and kidneys by UPLC/MS-MS and its application to a short-term pharmacokinetic study.

Stefano Fornasaro, Lovro Ziberna, Mattia Gasperotti, Federica Tramer, Urška Vrhovšek, Fulvio Mattivi, Sabina Passamonti

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
38citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Trial
  3. Neurological Effects ofNutrients · 2026
    Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Evaluation ofJournal of dietary supplements · 2026
    Article
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. Review
  10. Article
  11. Review
  12. Review
  13. Article
  14. Cadmium as a male reproductive toxicant and natural and non-natural ways to tackle it: a review.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2024
    Review
  15. Article
  16. Review
  17. Review
  18. Article
  19. Review
  20. 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Stefano FornasaroUniversity of Trieste, Department of Life Sciences, via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy.
Lovro ZibernaUniversity of Trieste, Department of Life Sciences, via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy.
Mattia GasperottiFondazione Edmund Mach (FEM), Department of Food Quality and Nutrition, Research and Innovation Centre, via E. Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all'Adige, Italy.
Federica TramerUniversity of Trieste, Department of Life Sciences, via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy.
Urška VrhovšekFondazione Edmund Mach (FEM), Department of Food Quality and Nutrition, Research and Innovation Centre, via E. Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all'Adige, Italy.
Fulvio MattiviFondazione Edmund Mach (FEM), Department of Food Quality and Nutrition, Research and Innovation Centre, via E. Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all'Adige, Italy.
Sabina PassamontiUniversity of Trieste, Department of Life Sciences, via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy.
University of Trieste · ITFondazione Edmund Mach · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anthocyanins exert neuroprotection in various in vitro and in vivo experimental models. However, no details regarding their brain-related pharmacokinetics are so far available to support claims about their direct neuronal bioactivity as well as to design proper formulations of anthocyanin-based products. To gather this missing piece of knowledge, we intravenously administered a bolus of 668 nmol cyanidin 3-glucoside (C3G) in anaesthetized Wistar rats and shortly after (15 s to 20 min) we collected blood, brain, liver, kidneys and urine samples. Extracts thereof were analysed for C3G and its expected metabolites using UPLC/MS-MS. The data enabled to calculate a set of pharmacokinetics parameters. The main finding was the distinctive, rapid distribution of C3G in the brain, with an apparently constant plasma/brain ratio in the physiologically relevant plasma concentration range (19-355 nM). This is the first report that accurately determines the distribution pattern of C3G in the brain, paving the way to the rational design of future tests of neuroprotection by C3G in animal models and humans.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnthocyaninsBiological AvailabilityBrainChromatography, High Pressure LiquidGlucosidesKidneyLiverMaleMolecular StructureRatsTandem Mass SpectrometryTissue DistributionAnthocyaninscyanidin-3-O-beta-glucopyranosideGlucosides

Identifiers

PMID26965389
PMCPMC4786809
OpenAlexW2293760989

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
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.