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Trial reportFrontiers in endocrinology2020

Randomized Clinical Trial: Bergamot Citrus and Wild Cardoon Reduce Liver Steatosis and Body Weight in Non-diabetic Individuals Aged Over 50 Years.

Yvelise Ferro, Tiziana Montalcini, Elisa Mazza, Daniela Foti, Elvira Angotti, Micaela Gliozzi, Saverio Nucera, Sara Paone, Ezio Bombardelli, Ilaria Aversa and 3 more

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effect of Citrus bergamia Supplementation on Body Composition in Humans: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026
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  13. Bergamot (Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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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

13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yvelise FerroDepartment of Health Science, University Magna Grecia, Catanzaro, Italy.
Tiziana MontalciniDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University Magna Grecia, Catanzaro, Italy.
Elisa MazzaDepartment of Medical and Surgical Science, University Magna Grecia, Catanzaro, Italy.
Daniela FotiDepartment of Health Science, University Magna Grecia, Catanzaro, Italy.
Elvira AngottiDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University Magna Grecia, Catanzaro, Italy.
Micaela GliozziDepartment of Health Science, University Magna Grecia, Catanzaro, Italy.
Saverio NuceraDepartment of Health Science, University Magna Grecia, Catanzaro, Italy.
Sara PaoneDepartment of Health Science, University Magna Grecia, Catanzaro, Italy.
Ezio BombardelliPlantexresearch Srl, Milan, Italy.
Ilaria AversaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University Magna Grecia, Catanzaro, Italy.
Vincenzo MusolinoDepartment of Health Science, University Magna Grecia, Catanzaro, Italy.
Vincenzo MollaceDepartment of Health Science, University Magna Grecia, Catanzaro, Italy.
Arturo PujiaDepartment of Medical and Surgical Science, University Magna Grecia, Catanzaro, Italy.
Magna Graecia University · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Body WeightAdultAgedCitrusCynaraDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansItalyMaleMiddle AgedNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseObesityOverweightPhytotherapyPlant ExtractsPlant Extractsflavonoidslipidliver elastographyliver steatosisnutraceuticals

Identifiers

PMID32849284
PMCPMC7431622
OpenAlexW3048246578

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