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ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Efficacy and Safety of Aronia, Red Ginseng, Shiitake Mushroom, and Nattokinase Mixture on Insulin Resistance in Prediabetic Adults: A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Sunmin Park, Chan-Joong Kim, Ki-Chan Ha, Hyang-Im Baek, Hye-Jeong Yang, Min-Jung Kim, Soo-Jung Park

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In one paragraph

Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 36% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Impact of a Chokeberry (Nutrients · 2025
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  2. Effects ofThe review of diabetic studies : RDS · 2022
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  5. A Review ofFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sunmin ParkDepartment of Food & Nutrition, Obesity/Diabetes Center, Hoseo University, Asan 31499, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-6092-8340
Chan-Joong KimUrban Agriculture Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Wanju 55365, Korea.
Ki-Chan HaHealthcare Claims & Management Incorporation, Jeonju 54858, Korea.
Hyang-Im BaekHealthcare Claims & Management Incorporation, Jeonju 54858, Korea.
Hye-Jeong YangFood Functional Research Division, Korean Food Research Institutes, Wanju 55365, Korea.
Min-Jung KimFood Functional Research Division, Korean Food Research Institutes, Wanju 55365, Korea.
Soo-Jung ParkDepartment of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, Woosuk University Korean Medicine Hospital, Jeonju 55338, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-8191-4290
Hoseo University · KRKorea Food Research Institute · KRRural Development Administration · KR

Funding

"Food Functionality Evaluation program" under the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs 2019-5
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We determined whether oral consumption of Aronia, red ginseng, shiitake mushroom, and nattokinase mixture (3.4: 4.1: 2.4: 0.1

Indexed as

Aronia melanocarpa berriesinflammationinsulin sensitivityliver damagered ginsengtype 2 diabetes

Identifiers

PMID34359426
PMCPMC8306342
OpenAlexW3179950444

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Registered trials

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