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ReviewFrontiers in aging neuroscience2019

Flavonoids as Prospective Neuroprotectants and Their Therapeutic Propensity in Aging Associated Neurological Disorders.

Muhammad Ayaz, Abdul Sadiq, Muhammad Junaid, Farhat Ullah, Muhammad Ovais, Ikram Ullah, Jawad Ahmed, Muhammad Shahid

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Review in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 154 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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154citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

154 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 339 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

8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Muhammad AyazDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Malakand, Chakdara, Pakistan.
Abdul SadiqDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Malakand, Chakdara, Pakistan.
Muhammad JunaidDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Malakand, Chakdara, Pakistan.
Farhat UllahDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Malakand, Chakdara, Pakistan.
Muhammad OvaisUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Ikram UllahSuliman Bin Abdullah Aba-Alkhail Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, International Islamic University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Jawad AhmedInstitute of Basic Medical Sciences (IBMS), Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Muhammad ShahidDepartment of Pharmacy, Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology (SUIT), Peshawar, Pakistan.
University of Malakand · PKInternational Islamic University, Islamabad · PKKhyber Medical University · PKNational Center for Nanoscience and Technology · CNSarhad University of Science and Information Technology · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Modern research has revealed that dietary consumption of flavonoids and flavonoids-rich foods significantly improve cognitive capabilities, inhibit or delay the senescence process and related neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer's disease (AD). The flavonoids rich foods such as green tea, cocoa, blue berry and other foods improve the various states of cognitive dysfunction, AD and dementia-like pathological alterations in different animal models. The mechanisms of flavonoids have been shown to be mediated through the inhibition of cholinesterases including acetylcholinesterase (AChE), and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), β-secretase (BACE1), free radicals and modulation of signaling pathways, that are implicated in cognitive and neuroprotective functions. Flavonoids interact with various signaling protein pathways like ERK and PI3-kinase/Akt and modulate their actions, thereby leading to beneficial neuroprotective effects. Moreover, they enhance vascular blood flow and instigate neurogenesis particularly in the hippocampus. Flavonoids also hamper the progression of pathological symptoms of neurodegenerative diseases by inhibiting neuronal apoptosis induced by neurotoxic substances including free radicals and β-amyloid proteins (Aβ). All these protective mechanisms contribute to the maintenance of number, quality of neurons and their synaptic connectivity in the brain. Thus flavonoids can thwart the progression of age-related disorders and can be a potential source for the design and development of new drugs effective in cognitive disorders.

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Alzheimer’s diseaseamyloid betaantioxidantcholinesterasespolyphenolssignaling pathways and cognition

Identifiers

PMID31293414
PMCPMC6606780
OpenAlexW2954046677

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