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ReviewOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2017

Antidepressant Flavonoids and Their Relationship with Oxidative Stress.

Lucian Hritcu, Radu Ionita, Paula Alexandra Postu, Girish Kumar Gupta, Hasan Turkez, Tamires Cardoso Lima, Caroline Uchôa Souza Carvalho, Damião Pergentino de Sousa

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Review in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
60citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
13.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

60 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 135 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

8 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Lucian HritcuDepartment of Biology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Bd. Carol I No. 11, 700506 Iasi, Romania.
Radu IonitaDepartment of Biology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Bd. Carol I No. 11, 700506 Iasi, Romania.
Paula Alexandra PostuDepartment of Biology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Bd. Carol I No. 11, 700506 Iasi, Romania.
Girish Kumar GuptaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, M. M. College of Pharmacy, Mullana, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Ambala, Haryana 133203, India.
Hasan TurkezDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Erzurum Technical University, 25000 Erzurum, Turkey.
Tamires Cardoso LimaDepartamento de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, 49100-000 São Cristóvão, SE, Brazil.
Caroline Uchôa Souza CarvalhoDepartamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 58051-970 João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
Damião Pergentino de SousaDepartamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 58051-970 João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-4520-6577
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University · ROUniversidade Federal da Paraíba · BRErzurum Technical University · TRMaharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana · INUniversidade Federal de Sergipe · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Depression is a serious disorder that affects hundreds of millions of people around the world and causes poor quality of life, problem behaviors, and limitations in activities of daily living. Therefore, the search for new therapeutic options is of high interest and growth. Research on the relationship between depression and oxidative stress has shown important biochemical aspects in the development of this disease. Flavonoids are a class of natural products that exhibit several pharmacological properties, including antidepressant-like activity, and affects various physiological and biochemical functions in the body. Studies show the clinical potential of antioxidant flavonoids in treating depressive disorders and strongly suggest that these natural products are interesting prototype compounds in the study of new antidepressant drugs. So, this review will summarize the chemical and pharmacological perspectives related to the discovery of flavonoids with antidepressant activity. The mechanisms of action of these compounds are also discussed, including their actions on oxidative stress relating to depression.

Indexed as

Antidepressive AgentsDepressionFlavonoidsHumansOxidative StressAntidepressive AgentsFlavonoids

Identifiers

PMID29410733
PMCPMC5749298
OpenAlexW2778198757

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