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The Nutraceutical Properties of Sumac (

Giulia Martinelli, Marco Angarano, Stefano Piazza, Marco Fumagalli, Andrea Magnavacca, Carola Pozzoli, Saba Khalilpour, Mario Dell'Agli, Enrico Sangiovanni

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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 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  7. Sumac (Current developments in nutrition · 2025
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  8. Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  10. The Nutraceutical Properties ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  11. Ellagitannins fromNutrients · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Giulia MartinelliDepartment of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0742-0521
Marco AngaranoDepartment of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8632-4660
Stefano PiazzaDepartment of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2470-6038
Marco FumagalliDepartment of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy.
Andrea MagnavaccaDepartment of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3361-0185
Carola PozzoliDepartment of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy.
Saba KhalilpourDepartment of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3998-1291
Mario Dell'AgliDepartment of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5378-402X
Enrico SangiovanniDepartment of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2811-8628
University of Milan · ITHarvard University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sumac (Rhus coriaria L.) is a spice and medicinal herb traditionally used in the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. Since we previously demonstrated Sumac biological activity in a model of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α)-induced skin inflammation, the present work is aimed at further demonstrating a potential role in inflammatory disorders, focusing on gastritis. For this purpose, different polar extracts (water-W, ethanol-water-EW, ethanol-E, ethanol macerated-Em, acetone-Ac, ethylacetate-EtA) were investigated in gastric epithelial cells (GES-1) challenged by TNF-α or H. pylori infection. The ethanolic extracts (E, EW, Em) showed the major phenolic contents, correlating with lower half maximal inhibitory concentrations (IC50s) on the release of interleukin-8 (IL-8, <15 μg/mL) and interleukin-6 (IL-6, <20 μg/mL) induced by TNF-α. Similarly, they inhibited IL-8 release (IC50s < 70 μg/mL) during Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection and exhibited a direct antibacterial activity at comparable concentrations (minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) = 100 μg/mL). The phenolic content and the bioactivity of EW were maintained after simulated gastric digestion and were associated with nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) impairment, considered the main putative anti-inflammatory mechanism. On the contrary, an anti-urease activity was excluded. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of the potential role of Sumac as a nutraceutical useful in H. pylori-related gastritis.

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GastritisHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacter pyloriRhusAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsDietary SupplementsEpithelial CellsEthanolGastric MucosaInterleukin-6Interleukin-8PhenolsPlant ExtractsTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaWaterAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsEthanolInterleukin-6Interleukin-8PhenolsPlant ExtractsTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaWaterbotanicalsgastritisH. pyloriinflammationnutraceuticalsRhus coriaria L.Sumac

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