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SynthesisBrazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica2024

Neurocognitive effects of proanthocyanidin in Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review of preclinical evidence.

A Reshma, A Subramanian, V Kumarasamy, T Tamilanban, M Sekar, S H Gan, V Subramaniyan, L S Wong, N N I M Rani, Y S Wu

Abstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

A ReshmaDepartment of Pharmacology, SRM College of Pharmacy, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chengalpattu, Tamilnadu, India.
A SubramanianDepartment of Pharmacology, SRM College of Pharmacy, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chengalpattu, Tamilnadu, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2707-2501
V KumarasamyDepartment of Parasitology & Medical Entomology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8895-1796
T TamilanbanDepartment of Pharmacology, SRM College of Pharmacy, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chengalpattu, Tamilnadu, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3240-0645
M SekarSchool of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3022-6137
S H GanSchool of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia.
V SubramaniyanDepartment of Medical Sciences, School of Medical and Life Sciences, Sunway University, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia.
L S WongFaculty of Health and Life Sciences, INTI International University, Nilai, Malaysia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5869-0804
N N I M RaniFaculty of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Royal College of Medicine Perak, Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Perak, Malaysia.
Y S WuSunway Microbiome Centre & Department of Biological Sciences, School of Medical and Life Sciences, Sunway University, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cognitive disorders and dementia largely influence individual independence and orientation. Based on the Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) estimation, approximately 75% of individuals with dementia are undiagnosed. In fact, in some low- and middle-income countries, the percentage is as high as 90%. In this systematic review, which is based on PRISMA guidelines, we aim to identify the mechanism of action of proanthocyanidin. Finding a natural product alternative as a potential nootropic can help increase the number of armamentariums against dementia and other cognitive impairments. In this preclinical research, we determined the effect of proanthocyanidins on Alzheimer's disease (AD) by searching electronic bibliographic databases like Scopus, Proquest, ScienceDirect, PubMed, and Google. There was no imposed time limit. However, the search was limited to only English articles. The review protocol is registered on PROSPERO as CRD42022356301. A population, intervention, control, and outcomes (PICO) technique was utilized for report inclusion, and all reports were assessed for risk of bias by using the SYRCLE's RoB tool. The article's bibliographic information, induction model, type of proanthocyanidins, animal strain/weight/age, and outcome measurements were acquired from ten papers and are reported here. Further analysis was validated and determined for the review. The included studies met the review's inclusion criteria and suggested that proanthocyanidins have a neurocognitive effect against AD. Additionally, the effectiveness of proanthocyanidins in reducing oxidative stress, acetylcholinesterase activity, amyloid beta, its efficacy in alleviating superoxide dismutase, cognitive properties, and in facilitating cholinergic transmission in various models of AD has been collectively observed in ten studies.

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Alzheimer DiseaseDisease Models, AnimalProanthocyanidinsAnimalsCognitionHumansproanthocyanidinProanthocyanidins

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PMID39504064
PMCPMC11540257

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