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ReviewEnvironment & health (Washington, D.C.)2023

Effects of Dietary Intake of Arsenosugars and Other Organic Arsenic Species on Studies of Arsenic Methylation Efficiency in Humans.

Tetiana Davydiuk, Jeffrey Tao, Xiufen Lu, X Chris Le

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Review in Environment & health (Washington, D.C.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Risk assessment of complex organoarsenic species in food.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tetiana DavydiukDepartment of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G2.
Jeffrey TaoDivision of Analytical and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G3.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5526-8133
Xiufen LuDivision of Analytical and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G3.
X Chris LeDepartment of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G2.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7690-6701
University of Alberta · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extensive research has used dimethylarsinic acid (DMA) in urine as a marker of arsenic methylation. The premise is that humans methylate inorganic arsenicals to monomethylarsonic acid (MMA) and DMA and excrete these arsenic species into the urine. However, DMA in urine not only comes from the methylation of inorganic arsenic but also could be a result of metabolism of other arsenic species, such as arsenosugars and arsenolipids. Most environmental health and epidemiological studies of arsenic methylation might have overlooked confounding factors that contribute to DMA in urine. Here we critically evaluate reported studies that used methylation indexes, concentration ratios of methylated arsenicals, or the percentage of DMA in urine as markers of arsenic methylation efficiency. Dietary intake of arsenosugars potentially confounds the calculation and interpretation of the arsenic methylation efficiencies. Many studies have not considered incidental dietary intake of arsenosugars, arsenolipids, and other organic arsenic species. Future studies should consider the dietary intake of diverse arsenic species and their potential effect on the urinary concentrations of DMA.

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PMID37881591
PMCPMC10594586
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