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ReviewJournal of diabetes research2020

Antidiabetic Potential of Marine Brown Algae-a Mini Review.

Thilina L Gunathilaka, Kalpa Samarakoon, Pathmasiri Ranasinghe, L Dinithi C Peiris

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Review in Journal of diabetes research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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35citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
15.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 111 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Protective Effects of Isolated Curcumin FromJournal of diabetes research · 2025
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  18. Fermentation of micro- and macroalgae as a way to produce value-added products.Biotechnology reports (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2024
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  19. Pro-Apoptotic Activity ofPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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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 at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Thilina L GunathilakaDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda 10250, Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5784-7358
Kalpa SamarakoonNational Science and Technology Commission, Dudley Senanayake Mawatha, Colombo 8 00800, Sri Lanka.
Pathmasiri RanasingheIndustrial Technology Institute, Halbarawa Gardens, Malabe 10115, Sri Lanka.
L Dinithi C PeirisDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda 10250, Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4788-6852
University of Sri Jayewardenepura · LKIndustrial Technology Institute · LK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Marine algae are an important source of bioactive metabolites in drug development and nutraceuticals. Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder and the third leading cause of death worldwide due to lifestyle changes associated with rapid urbanization. Due to the adverse side effects of currently available antidiabetic drugs, search for an effective natural-based antidiabetic drug is important to combat diabetes and its complications. Therefore, in lieu with herbal drug development, it is important to find the potential benefits of seaweeds for the management of type 2 diabetes as they are underexplored yet in Sri Lanka. Among the marine seaweeds, natural bioactive compounds are abundant in brown algae with potentials in application as active ingredients in drug leads and nutraceuticals. Bioactive secondary metabolites are derived from numerous biosynthetic pathways of marine algae which contribute to various chemical and biological properties. Phlorotannins present in marine brown algae exhibited antidiabetic activities through different mechanisms such as the inhibitory effect of enzyme targets mainly by inhibiting the enzymes such as

Indexed as

Dietary SupplementsPhaeophyceaeSeaweedDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2HumansHypoglycemic AgentsHypoglycemic Agents

Identifiers

PMID32377517
PMCPMC7197011
OpenAlexW3019289837

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