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ReviewMarine drugs2021

An Overview to the Health Benefits of Seaweeds Consumption.

Silvia Lomartire, João Carlos Marques, Ana M M Gonçalves

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In one paragraph

Review in Marine drugs, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
43citing papers in PubMed
22.2field-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

43 citing papers in PubMed, 140 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Silvia LomartireUniversity of Coimbra, MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal.
João Carlos MarquesUniversity of Coimbra, MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal.
Ana M M GonçalvesUniversity of Coimbra, MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-8611-7183
University of Coimbra · PTUniversity of Aveiro · PT

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022127Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia UIDB/04292/2020Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia UIDP/50017/2020+UIDB/50017/2020Fundo Azul FA_05_2017_011Universidade de Coimbra IT057-18-7253
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Currently, seaweeds are gaining major attention due to the benefits they give to our health. Recent studies demonstrate the high nutritional value of seaweeds and the powerful properties that seaweeds' bioactive compounds provide. Species of class Phaeophyceae, phylum Rhodophyta and Chlorophyta possess unique compounds with several properties that are potential allies of our health, which make them valuable compounds to be involved in biotechnological applications. In this review, the health benefits given by consumption of seaweeds as whole food or by assumption of bioactive compounds trough natural drugs are highlighted. The use of seaweeds in agriculture is also highlighted, as they assure soils and crops free from chemicals; thus, it is advantageous for our health. The addition of seaweed extracts in food, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical and industrial companies will enhance the production and consumption/usage of seaweed-based products. Therefore, there is the need to implement the research on seaweeds, with the aim to identify more bioactive compounds, which may assure benefits to human and animal health.

Indexed as

Biological ProductsAgricultureAnimal FeedAnimalsChlorophytaCosmeticsDietary SupplementsDrug DevelopmentDrug DiscoveryHealth PromotionHealthy LifestyleHumansNutritive ValuePhaeophyceaeRhodophytaSeaweedBiological ProductsCosmeticsbioactive compoundshuman healthnutraceutical applicationpharmaceutical applicationseaweeds

Identifiers

PMID34203804
PMCPMC8232781
OpenAlexW3171086066

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