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ReviewHeliyon2024

A review of biogenic amines in fermented foods: Occurrence and health effects.

Nikita Saha Turna, Rena Chung, Lorraine McIntyre

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In one paragraph

Review in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
58citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
31.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

58 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 133 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Screening and Characterization ofFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  9. Probiotics and Fermented Foods in Human Nutrition.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nikita Saha TurnaEnvironmental Health Services, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, 655 W 12th Ave, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4R4, Canada.
Rena ChungPublic Health Ontario (PHO), 480 University Avenue, Suite 300, Toronto, ON, M5G 1V2, Canada.
Lorraine McIntyreEnvironmental Health Services, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, 655 W 12th Ave, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4R4, Canada.
BC Centre for Disease Control · CAPublic Health Ontario · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biogenic amines (BAs) are low-molecular decarboxylation products of amino acids formed during microbial fermentation. Several fermented foods may contain BAs such as histamine, tyramine, and/or phenylethylamine, at levels above documented toxic doses. Dietary exposure to foods containing high levels of BAs is associated with many adverse health effects, such as migraines, elevated blood pressure, and tachycardia. BA-mediated toxicity may occur at levels a hundred times below regulatory and suggested toxic doses, depending on an individual's sensitivity and factors such as alcohol consumption and certain medications. Although BAs occur in a wide variety of fermented foods, food safety and public health professionals are not well informed about the potential health risks and control strategies in these foods. In this review, we highlight the health risks and symptoms linked to BA exposures, the BA levels found in different fermented foods, regulatory and suggested toxic doses, and risk mitigation strategies to inform food industry and public health professionals' practice.

Indexed as

BA health effectsBA occurrenceBA regulation and mitigationBA toxic dosesBiogenic aminesFermented foods

Identifiers

PMID38304783
PMCPMC10830535
OpenAlexW4391062465

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