Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29168731›Full record

ReviewNutrients2017

Factors Influencing the Phenotypic Characterization of the Oral Marker, PROP.

Beverly J Tepper, Melania Melis, Yvonne Koelliker, Paolo Gasparini, Karen L Ahijevych, Iole Tomassini Barbarossa

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In one paragraph

Review in Nutrients, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Beverly J TepperDepartment of Food Science, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520, USA. btepper@sebs.rutgers.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5033-6632
Melania MelisDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Cagliari 09042, Italy. melaniamelis@unica.it.
Yvonne KoellikerDepartment of Food Science, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520, USA. ivy.koelliker@gamil.com.
Paolo GaspariniDepartment of Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, University of Trieste, Trieste 34137, Italy. paolo.gasparini@burlo.trieste.it.
Karen L AhijevychCollege of Nursing, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. ahijevych.1@osu.edu.
Iole Tomassini BarbarossaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Cagliari 09042, Italy. tomassin@unica.it.ORCID 0000-0002-2849-4052
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USUniversity of Cagliari · ITThe Ohio State University · USUniversity of Trieste · IT

Funding

Bitter taste phenotype as a risk factor of oral nicotine replacement nonadherenceR21DA024765 · NIDA · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI AHIJEVYCH, KAREN L · 2009 to 2010
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NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA024765
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the last several decades, the genetic ability to taste the bitter compound, 6-

Indexed as

Food PreferencesGenetic VariationHumansPropylthiouracilTaste PerceptionTaste ThresholdPropylthiouracilagegenderPROP tastingpsychophysical approachweight status

Identifiers

PMID29168731
PMCPMC5748726
OpenAlexW2769172472

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