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ReviewAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Protective Effects of Natural Antioxidants on Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Thymol and Its Pharmacological Properties.

Yao Liu, Hui Yan, Bing Yu, Jun He, Xiangbing Mao, Jie Yu, Ping Zheng, Zhiqing Huang, Yuheng Luo, Junqiu Luo and 2 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 46 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

12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yao LiuKey Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Sichuan Province, Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5141-3161
Hui YanKey Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Sichuan Province, Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7476-3914
Bing YuKey Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Sichuan Province, Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6605-6742
Jun HeKey Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Sichuan Province, Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1963-9766
Xiangbing MaoKey Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Sichuan Province, Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6292-7747
Jie YuKey Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Sichuan Province, Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.
Ping ZhengKey Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Sichuan Province, Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.
Zhiqing HuangKey Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Sichuan Province, Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5092-9297
Yuheng LuoKey Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Sichuan Province, Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.
Junqiu LuoKey Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Sichuan Province, Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1024-1866
Aimin WuKey Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Sichuan Province, Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.
Daiwen ChenKey Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Sichuan Province, Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8351-7421
Sichuan Agricultural University · CN

Funding

Sichuan Agricultural University No. 2021YJ0195Sichuan Agricultural University No. CARS-35
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a gastrointestinal disease that involves chronic mucosal or submucosal lesions that affect tissue integrity. Although IBD is not life-threatening, it sometimes causes severe complications, such as colon cancer. The exact etiology of IBD remains unclear, but several risk factors, such as pathogen infection, stress, diet, age, and genetics, have been involved in the occurrence and aggravation of IBD. Immune system malfunction with the over-production of inflammatory cytokines and associated oxidative stress are the hallmarks of IBD. Dietary intervention and medical treatment suppressing abnormal inflammation and oxidative stress are recommended as potential therapies. Thymol, a natural monoterpene phenol that is mostly found in thyme, exhibits multiple biological functions as a potential adjuvant for IBD. The purpose of this review is to summarize current findings on the protective effect of thymol on intestinal health in the context of specific animal models of IBD, describe the role of thymol in the modulation of inflammation, oxidative stress, and gut microbiota against gastrointestinal disease, and discuss the potential mechanism for its pharmacological activity.

Indexed as

chronic inflammationgastrointestinal diseasegut healthnatural anti-oxidantoxidative stress

Identifiers

PMID36290669
PMCPMC9598597
OpenAlexW4297973655

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