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ArticleJournal of food and drug analysis2017

Evaluating the urate-lowering effects of different microbial fermented extracts in hyperuricemic models accompanied with a safety study.

Rong-Jane Chen, Mei-Huei Chen, Yen-Lin Chen, Ching-Mao Hsiao, Hsiu-Min Chen, Siao-Jhen Chen, Ming-Der Wu, Yi-Jen Yech, Gwo-Fang Yuan, Ying-Jan Wang

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Article in Journal of food and drug analysis, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Rong-Jane ChenDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Mei-Huei ChenBioresource Collection and Research Center (BCRC), Food Industry Research and Development Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Yen-Lin ChenBioresource Collection and Research Center (BCRC), Food Industry Research and Development Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Ching-Mao HsiaoDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Hsiu-Min ChenDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Siao-Jhen ChenBioresource Collection and Research Center (BCRC), Food Industry Research and Development Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Ming-Der WuBioresource Collection and Research Center (BCRC), Food Industry Research and Development Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Yi-Jen YechBioresource Collection and Research Center (BCRC), Food Industry Research and Development Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Gwo-Fang YuanBioresource Collection and Research Center (BCRC), Food Industry Research and Development Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Ying-Jan WangDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Food Industry Research and Development Institute · TWNational Cheng Kung University · TWAsia University · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Uric acid (UA) is an end product of purine metabolism by the enzyme xanthine oxidase (XOD). Hyperuricemia is characterized by the accumulation of serum UA and is an important risk factor for gout and many chronic disorders. XOD inhibitors or uricase (catalyzes UA to the more soluble end product) can prevent these chronic diseases. However, currently available hypouricemic agents induce severe side effects. Therefore, we developed new microbial fermented extracts (MFEs) with substantial XOD inhibition activity from Lactobacillus (MFE-21) and Acetobacter (MFE-25), and MFE-120 with high uricase activity from Aspergillus. The urate-lowering effects and safety of these MFEs were evaluated. Our results showed that MFE-25 exerts superior urate-lowering effects in the therapeutic model. In the preventive model, both MFE-120 and MFE-25 significantly reduced UA. The results of the safety study showed that no organ toxicity and no treatment-related adverse effects were observed in mice treated with high doses of MFEs. Taken together, the results showed the effectiveness of MFEs in reducing hyperuricemia without systemic toxicity in mice at high doses, suggesting that they are safe for use in the treatment and prevention of hyperuricemia.

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HyperuricemiaAnimalsFermentationGoutGout SuppressantsMiceUric AcidXanthine OxidaseGout SuppressantsUric AcidXanthine Oxidasehyperuricemiamicrobial fermented extractsuric aciduricasexanthine oxidase

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PMID28911646
PMCPMC9328828
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