Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40005265›Full record

ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Anti-Melanogenic Effects of L-Theanine on B16F10 Cells and Zebrafish.

Chih-Li Yu, Haiyue Pang, Zhao Run, Guey-Horng Wang

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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 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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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

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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Cosmeceutical Potential of Matcha (Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  2. 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

4 authors.

Chih-Li YuEngineering Research Center of Natural Cosmeceuticals College of Fujian Province, Xiamen Medical College, Xiamen 361023, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3345-707X
Haiyue PangEngineering Research Center of Natural Cosmeceuticals College of Fujian Province, Xiamen Medical College, Xiamen 361023, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6595-1275
Zhao RunEngineering Research Center of Natural Cosmeceuticals College of Fujian Province, Xiamen Medical College, Xiamen 361023, China.
Guey-Horng WangEngineering Research Center of Natural Cosmeceuticals College of Fujian Province, Xiamen Medical College, Xiamen 361023, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5158-5040

Funding

NATURAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION of XIAMEN, CHINA 3502Z202373127XIAMEN MEDICAL COLLEGE K2020-10
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

L-Theanine, a natural amino acid found in green tea (

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsGlutamatesMelanomaAnimalsbeta CateninCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalCyclic AMP-Dependent Protein KinasesCyclic AMP Response Element-Binding ProteinGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaIntracellular SpaceMelaninsMiceMonophenol MonooxygenaseSignal TransductionZebrafishAntineoplastic Agentsbeta CateninCyclic AMP-Dependent Protein KinasesCyclic AMP Response Element-Binding ProteinGlutamatesGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaMelaninsMonophenol MonooxygenasetheanineB16F10L-theaninemelanogenesisZebrafish

Identifiers

PMID40005265
PMCPMC11858779

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