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ArticleNutrients2022

Pissared Khuituan, Nawiya Huipao, Nilobon Jeanmard, Sitthiwach Thantongsakul, Warittha Promjun, Suwarat Chuthong, Chittipong Tipbunjong, Saranya Peerakietkhajorn

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Article in Nutrients, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
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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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  3. Journal of traditional and complementary medicine · 2025
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  4. Functions ofFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  5. Advances in pharmacological and pharmaceutical sciences · 2025
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  6. Review
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  8. Annals of translational medicine · 2022
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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

8 authors.

Pissared KhuituanDivision of Health and Applied Sciences, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90110, Thailand.
Nawiya HuipaoDivision of Health and Applied Sciences, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90110, Thailand.
Nilobon JeanmardGut Biology and Microbiota Research Unit, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90110, Thailand.
Sitthiwach ThantongsakulGut Biology and Microbiota Research Unit, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90110, Thailand.
Warittha PromjunGut Biology and Microbiota Research Unit, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90110, Thailand.
Suwarat ChuthongGut Biology and Microbiota Research Unit, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90110, Thailand.
Chittipong TipbunjongDivision of Health and Applied Sciences, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90110, Thailand.
Saranya PeerakietkhajornGut Biology and Microbiota Research Unit, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90110, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0002-1233-9488

Funding

National Science, Research and Innovation Fund (NSRF) and Prince of Songkla University SCI6405072S
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Constipation is a symptom that is widely found in the world’s population. Various dietary supplementations are used to relieve and prevent constipation. Seaweed is widely used for its health benefits. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of Sargassum plagiophyllum extract (SPE) on functions of the gastrointestinal tract and gut microbiota. The results show that SPE pretreatment increased the frequency of gut contraction, leading to reduce gut transit time. SPE pretreatment also significantly increased the secretion of Cl− and reduced Na+ absorption, increasing fecal water content in constipated mice (p < 0.05). In addition, the Bifidobacteria population in cecal contents was significantly higher in constipated mice pretreated with 500 mg/kg SPE for 14 days than in untreated constipated mice (p < 0.05). Our findings suggest that SPE can prevent constipation in loperamide-induced mice. This study may be useful for the development of human food supplements from S. plagiophyllum, which prevent constipation.

Indexed as

ConstipationGastrointestinal MicrobiomePlant ExtractsSargassumAnimalsColonMicePlant Extractsbrown algaeconstipationgastrointestinal transitgut microbiotaSargassum plagiophyllumtransepithelial transport

Identifiers

PMID35276855
PMCPMC8838385

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