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ReviewPharmaceutics2020

Nose-to-Brain Delivery of Antioxidants as a Potential Tool for the Therapy of Neurological Diseases.

Maria Cristina Bonferoni, Giovanna Rassu, Elisabetta Gavini, Milena Sorrenti, Laura Catenacci, Paolo Giunchedi

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Maria Cristina BonferoniDepartment of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1194-9372
Giovanna RassuDepartment of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6268-8179
Elisabetta GaviniDepartment of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0499-9419
Milena SorrentiDepartment of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8249-5761
Laura CatenacciDepartment of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6791-3785
Paolo GiunchediDepartment of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2471-1355
University of Pavia · ITUniversity of Sassari · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oxidative stress has a key role in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's diseases and can be an important cause of the damages in cerebral ischemia. Oxidative stress arises from high levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Consequently, on this rational base, antioxidants (many of natural origin) are proposed as potential drugs to prevent ROS noxious actions because they can protect the target tissues from the oxidative stress. However, the potential of antioxidants is limited, owing to the presence of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which is difficult to cross with a consequent low bioavailability of the drug into the brain after systemic (intravenous, intraperitoneal, oral) administrations. One strategy to improve the delivery of antioxidants to the brain involves the use of the so-called nose-to-brain route, with the administration of the antioxidant in specific nasal formulations and its passage to the central nervous system (CNS) mainly through the olfactory nerve way. In the current literature, many examples show encouraging results in studies carried out in cell cultures and in animal models about the potential neuroprotective effects of antioxidants when administered through the nose. This review concerns the nose-to-brain route for the brain targeting of antioxidants as a potential tool for the therapy of neurological diseases.

Indexed as

antioxidantsbrain targetingnanomedicineneurological diseasesnose-to-brain

Identifiers

PMID33371285
PMCPMC7766211
OpenAlexW3114915646

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