Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39942724›Full record

ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Photobiota of the Tropical Red Sea: Fatty Acid Profile Analysis and Nutritional Quality Assessments.

Sarah A Gozai-Alghamdi, Samir M Aljbour, Saeed A Amin, Susana Agustí

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. 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

4 authors.

Sarah A Gozai-AlghamdiBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), Marine Science Program, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-2573-9058
Samir M AljbourBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), Marine Science Program, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-1336-3516
Saeed A AminBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), Marine Science Program, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0009-0006-6902-0896
Susana AgustíBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), Marine Science Program, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-0536-7293

Funding

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology BAS/1/1072-01-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Photosynthetic organisms are primary sources of marine-derived molecules, particularly ω3 fatty acids (FAs), which influence the quality of marine foods. It is reported that tropical organisms possess lower FA nutritional quality than those from colder oceans. However, the high biodiversity known for tropical areas may help compensate for this deficiency by producing a high diversity of molecules with nutritional benefits for the ecosystem. Here we addressed this aspect by analyzing the FA profiles of 20 photosynthetic organisms from the salty and warm Red Sea, a biodiversity hot spot, including cyanobacteria, eukaryotic microalgae, macroalgae, mangrove leaves, as well as three selected reef's photosymbiotic zooxanthellate corals and jellyfish. Using direct transesterification, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, FA absolute quantification, and nutritional indexes, we evaluated their lipid nutritional qualities. We observed interspecific and strain-specific variabilities in qualities, which the unique environmental conditions of the Red Sea may help to explain. Generally, eukaryotic microalgae exhibited the highest nutritional quality. The previously unanalyzed diatoms

Indexed as

Fatty AcidsNutritive ValueAnimalsAquatic OrganismsBiodiversityIndian OceanMicroalgaePhotosynthesisSeaweedFatty Acidscoralscyanobacteriaeukaryotic microalgaefatty acidsjellyfishmacroalgaemangroveomega-3polyunsaturated fatty acidsRed Sea

Identifiers

PMID39942724
PMCPMC11820627

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.