ArticleAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2026
Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals Novel Loci and Candidate Genes of Vitamin E Content in Sesame (
Article in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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.
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.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors.
Funding
Abstract
Sesame is a significant oilseed crop whose exceptional oxidative stability is closely associated with its abundant endogenous antioxidants. As one of the most predominant lipid-soluble antioxidants in sesame, vitamin E (VE) plays a critical role in scavenging lipid peroxyl radicals, terminating lipid peroxidation chain reactions, and protecting cellular membranes from oxidative damage, thereby maintaining intracellular redox homeostasis and attenuating the development of oxidative stress-related disorders. Although VE is a potent natural antioxidant with significant pharmacological activities in mitigating oxidative stress-related disorders, the genetic mechanisms underlying the natural variation in VE content in sesame remain incompletely understood. Here, variation in VE content was evaluated across 400 sesame accessions grown in two environments. Ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) analysis revealed that only γ-tocopherol was detected in sesame seeds, with concentrations between 169.33 and 463.31 mg/kg, averaging 316.28 mg/kg. The newly acquired SNP and InDel data from whole-genome resequencing were associated with the phenotypic data, leading to the identification of five significant loci associated with VE content. Comparative transcriptomic profiling of two sesame accessions with distinct VE contents revealed the differential expression of key biosynthetic enzyme genes (such as
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
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.