Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38132330›Full record

ReviewBiology2023

Essential Oil Molecules Can Break the Loop of Oxidative Stress in Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Enzo Spisni, Maria Chiara Valerii, Maria Lina Massimino

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In one paragraph

Review in Biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Intranasal essential oils in therapy: advances in clinical applications and delivery mechanisms.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2026
    Review
  4. Sensory Perception of Six Essential Oils in Humans andMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
    Article
  5. Integrative phytochemical profiling andFrontiers in nutrition · 2026
    Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Essential Oil ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
    Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Enzo SpisniDepartment of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8525-2981
Maria Chiara ValeriiDepartment of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4404-0552
Maria Lina MassiminoNeuroscience Institute, Italian National Research Council (CNR), 35131 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1839-1404
University of Bologna · ITNeuroscience Institute · IT

Funding

Xeda international (1397 Route Nationale 7, Zac la Crau, 13670 Saint Andiol, France). 0000
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Essential oils (EOs) are mixtures of volatile compounds, extracted from aromatic plants, with multiple activities including antioxidant and anti-inflammatory ones. EOs are complex mixtures easy to find on the market and with low costs. In this mini narrative review, we have collected the results of in vitro and in vivo studies, which tested these EOs on validated models of neurodegeneration and in particular of the two main neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) that afflict humans: Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Since EO compositions can vary greatly, depending on the environmental conditions, plant cultivar, and extraction methods, we focused our attention to studies involving single EO molecules, and in particular those that have demonstrated the ability to cross the blood-brain barrier. These single EO molecules, alone or in defined mixtures, could be interesting new therapies to prevent or slow down oxidative and inflammatory processes which are common mechanisms that contribute to neuronal death in all NDs.

Indexed as

Alzheimer’s diseaseamyotrophic lateral sclerosisessential oilsneurodegenerative diseasesoxidative stressParkinson’s disease

Identifiers

PMID38132330
PMCPMC10740714
OpenAlexW4389454578

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Registered trials

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