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ReviewNutrients2020

Arachidonic Acid in Human Milk.

Norman Salem, Peter Van Dael

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. A Framework for Evaluation of New Processing Technologies in Human Milk Banking.Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety · 2025
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  9. [Perinatal benefits and recommendations of docosahexaenoic acid and arachidonic acid].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2025
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Norman SalemNutrition Science & Advocacy, DSM Nutritional Products; Columbia, MD 21045, USA.
Peter Van DaelNutrition Science & Advocacy, DSM Nutritional Products; Columbia, MD 21045, USA.
Nutrition 21 (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breastfeeding is universally recommended as the optimal choice of infant feeding and consequently human milk has been extensively investigated to unravel its unique nutrient profile. The human milk lipid composition is unique and supplies specifically long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs), in particular, arachidonic acid (ARA, 20:4

Indexed as

Infant Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaAnimalsArachidonic AcidDocosahexaenoic AcidsFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMilk, HumanArachidonic AcidDocosahexaenoic Acidsarachidonic acideicosanoidsendocannabinoidshuman milklipid compositionnutritional influences

Identifiers

PMID32121018
PMCPMC7146261
OpenAlexW3006971466

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Registered trials

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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.