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ReviewBiomedical reports2025

Astaxanthin in cancer therapy and prevention (Review).

Chiara Copat, Claudia Favara, Marianna Flora Tomasello, Carmen Sica, Alfina Grasso, Herminia Gonzalez Dominguez, Gea Oliveri Conti, Margherita Ferrante

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Review in Biomedical reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
15citing 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

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

8 authors.

Chiara CopatDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Advanced Technologies 'G.F. Ingrassia', University of Catania, Catania I-95123, Italy.
Claudia FavaraDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Advanced Technologies 'G.F. Ingrassia', University of Catania, Catania I-95123, Italy.
Marianna Flora TomaselloInstitute of Crystallography, CNR, Catania I-95126, Italy.
Carmen SicaDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Advanced Technologies 'G.F. Ingrassia', University of Catania, Catania I-95123, Italy.
Alfina GrassoDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Advanced Technologies 'G.F. Ingrassia', University of Catania, Catania I-95123, Italy.
Herminia Gonzalez DominguezDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Vigo (Ourense Campus), Polytechnic Building, Ourense 32004, Spain.
Gea Oliveri ContiDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Advanced Technologies 'G.F. Ingrassia', University of Catania, Catania I-95123, Italy.
Margherita FerranteDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Advanced Technologies 'G.F. Ingrassia', University of Catania, Catania I-95123, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Astaxanthin (AXT), a carotenoid primarily derived from marine organisms such as shrimp, krill and the microalga

Indexed as

astaxanthincancermicroalgapreventiontherapy

Identifiers

PMID40017498
PMCPMC11865706

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