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ReviewNutrients2023

Effects of Walnut and Pumpkin on Selective Neurophenotypes of Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Case Study.

Afaf El-Ansary, Laila Al-Ayadhi

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Review in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Afaf El-AnsaryAutism Center, Lotus Holistic Alternative Medical Center, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 110281, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-1404-5248
Laila Al-AyadhiAutism Research and Treatment Center, P.O. Box 2925, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
King Saud University · SA

Funding

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology ( 08-MED 510-02).
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Special diets or nutritional supplements are regularly given to treat children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The increased consumption of particular foods has been demonstrated in numerous trials to lessen autism-related symptoms and comorbidities. A case study on a boy with moderate autism who significantly improved after three years of following a healthy diet consisting of pumpkin and walnuts was examined in this review in connection to a few different neurophenotypes of ASD. We are able to suggest that a diet high in pumpkin and walnuts was useful in improving the clinical presentation of the ASD case evaluated by reducing oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, glutamate excitotoxicity, mitochondrial dysfunction, and altered gut microbiota, all of which are etiological variables. Using illustrated figures, a full description of the ways by which a diet high in pumpkin and nuts could assist the included case is offered.

Indexed as

Autism Spectrum DisorderCucurbitaJuglansChildDietHumansMaleNutsautism spectrum disorderglutamate excitotoxicityneurophenotypesnutritional interventionpumpkinwalnuts

Identifiers

PMID37960217
PMCPMC10647375
OpenAlexW4387975909

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