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ReviewNutrients2022

Phenolic Acids and Prevention of Cognitive Decline: Polyphenols with a Neuroprotective Role in Cognitive Disorders and Alzheimer's Disease.

Giuseppe Caruso, Justyna Godos, Anna Privitera, Giuseppe Lanza, Sabrina Castellano, Alessio Chillemi, Oliviero Bruni, Raffaele Ferri, Filippo Caraci, Giuseppe Grosso

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Review in Nutrients, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 105 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
105citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
13.9field-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

105 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 190 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Giuseppe CarusoDepartment of Drug and Health Sciences, University of Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1571-5327
Justyna GodosDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5809-5706
Anna PriviteraDepartment of Drug and Health Sciences, University of Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy.
Giuseppe LanzaClinical Neurophysiology Research Unit, Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, 94018 Troina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5659-662X
Sabrina CastellanoDepartment of Educational Sciences, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy.
Alessio ChillemiDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Oliviero BruniDepartment of Developmental and Social Psychology, Sapienza University, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2207-1398
Raffaele FerriSleep Research Centre, Department of Neurology IC, Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, 94018 Troina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6937-3065
Filippo CaraciDepartment of Drug and Health Sciences, University of Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy.
Giuseppe GrossoDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3930-5285
University of Catania · ITI.R.C.C.S. Oasi Maria SS · ITSapienza University of Rome · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cognitive impairment, also known as cognitive decline, can occur gradually or suddenly and can be temporary or more permanent. It represents an increasingly important public health problem and can depend on normal aging or be linked to different neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). It is now well-established that lifestyle factors including dietary patterns play an important role in healthy aging as well as in the prevention of cognitive decline in later life. Among the natural compounds, dietary polyphenols including phenolic acids have been recently the focus of major attention, with their supplementation being associated with better cognitive status and prevention of cognitive decline. Despite their therapeutic potential, human studies investigating the relation between phenolic acids intake and cognitive outcomes are rather scarce. In this review, we provide preclinical evidence that different dietary polyphenols such as rosmarinic acid, ellagic acid, and cinnamic aldehyde can exert neuroprotective and pro-cognitive activities through different molecular mechanisms including the modulation of pro-oxidant and antioxidant machinery as well as inflammatory status. Future and more numerous in vivo studies are needed to strengthen the promising results obtained at the preclinical level. Despite the excellent pharmacokinetic properties of phenolic acids, which are able to be accumulated in the brain at pharmacologically relevant levels, future studies should also identify which among the different metabolites produced as a consequence of phenolic acids' consumption may be responsible for the potential neuroprotective effects of this subgroup of polyphenols.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseCognitive DysfunctionNeuroprotective AgentsCognitionHumansNeuroprotectionPolyphenolsNeuroprotective AgentsPolyphenolsAlzheimer diseasecognitive statusneurodegenerationneuroprotectionpolyphenolssecondary prevention

Identifiers

PMID35215469
PMCPMC8875888
OpenAlexW4213312500

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