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ReviewMetabolites2023

The Role of Dietary Antioxidants and Their Potential Mechanisms in Alzheimer's Disease Treatment.

Emily Knight, Thangiah Geetha, Tom L Broderick, Jeganathan Ramesh Babu

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Review in Metabolites, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 17 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Emily KnightDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8124-9710
Thangiah GeethaDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6358-0012
Tom L BroderickLaboratory of Diabetes and Exercise Metabolism, Department of Physiology, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ 85308, USA.
Jeganathan Ramesh BabuDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA.
Auburn University · USMidwestern University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder associated with cognitive decline and characterized by amyloid-β plaques and neurofibrillary tau tangles. Although AD's exact pathophysiology remains unclear, oxidative stress is known to play a role in the neurodegenerative process. Since no curative treatment exists, antioxidants represent a potential treatment for AD due to their ability to modulate oxidative stress. Therefore, this review aims to examine the impact of antioxidant supplementation and its potential mechanisms on cognitive function. The review primarily discusses research articles published between 2012 and 2022 reporting the results of clinical trials involving antioxidant supplementation on cognitive function in individuals with AD. Antioxidant supplementation included probiotics, selenium, melatonin, resveratrol, rosmarinic acid, carotenoids, curcumin, vitamin E, and coenzyme Q. While the studies included in this review did not provide much evidence for the beneficial role of antioxidant supplements on cognitive function in AD, the results varied from antioxidant to antioxidant and among trials examining the same antioxidant. Furthermore, many of the studies' findings face several limitations, including short trial durations, small sample sizes, and a lack of diversity among study participants. As a result, more research is required to examine the impact of antioxidant supplementation on cognitive function in AD.

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Alzheimer’s diseaseantioxidantscoenzyme Qcurcuminmelatoninprobioticsresveratrolrosmarinic acidseleniumvitamin E

Identifiers

PMID36984879
PMCPMC10054164
OpenAlexW4327740269

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