Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34198496›Full record

ReviewMetabolites2021

Coenzyme Q Biosynthesis: An Update on the Origins of the Benzenoid Ring and Discovery of New Ring Precursors.

Lucía Fernández-Del-Río, Catherine F Clarke

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In one paragraph

Review in Metabolites, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  5. Bypass Treatments for Primary Coenzyme Q10 Deficiency: An Update.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  9. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2025
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  12. Coenzyme QFree radical biology & medicine · 2025
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  14. Understanding coenzyme Q.Physiological reviews · 2024
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  17. CoQAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  20. Biosynthesis, Deficiency, and Supplementation of Coenzyme Q.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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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.

Lucía Fernández-Del-RíoDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5657-2700
Catherine F ClarkeDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6426-3833
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coenzyme Q (ubiquinone or CoQ) is a conserved polyprenylated lipid essential for mitochondrial respiration. CoQ is composed of a redox-active benzoquinone ring and a long polyisoprenyl tail that serves as a membrane anchor. A classic pathway leading to CoQ biosynthesis employs 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (4HB). Recent studies with stable isotopes in

Indexed as

4-hydroxybenzoic acidbiosynthesiscoenzyme Qkaempferolnatural productsp-aminobenzoic acidpolyphenolsstable isotopesubiquinone

Identifiers

PMID34198496
PMCPMC8231959
OpenAlexW3169724331

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Registered trials

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