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ReviewCurrent developments in nutrition2020

Citrus Peel Flavonoids as Potential Cancer Prevention Agents.

Nooshin Koolaji, Balakrishnan Shammugasamy, Aaron Schindeler, Qihan Dong, Fariba Dehghani, Peter Valtchev

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Review in Current developments in nutrition, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
59citing papers in PubMed
17.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

59 citing papers in PubMed, 131 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Nooshin KoolajiSchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Balakrishnan ShammugasamySchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Aaron SchindelerSchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Qihan DongSchool of Science and Health, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia.
Fariba DehghaniSchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Peter ValtchevSchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2622-5721
The University of Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Citrus fruit and in particular flavonoid compounds from citrus peel have been identified as agents with utility in the treatment of cancer. This review provides a background and overview regarding the compounds found within citrus peel with putative anticancer potential as well as the associated in vitro and in vivo studies. Historical studies have identified a number of cellular processes that can be modulated by citrus peel flavonoids including cell proliferation, cell cycle regulation, apoptosis, metastasis, and angiogenesis. More recently, molecular studies have started to elucidate the underlying cell signaling pathways that are responsible for the flavonoids' mechanism of action. These growing data support further research into the chemopreventative potential of citrus peel extracts, and purified flavonoids in particular. This critical review highlights new research in the field and synthesizes the pathways modulated by flavonoids and other polyphenolic compounds into a generalized schema.

Indexed as

anticancerapoptosiscitrus peel extractflavonoidsinflammationmechanism of action

Identifiers

PMID32391511
PMCPMC7199889
OpenAlexW3011017038

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