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ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Antioxidant and Antidiabetic Activity of Algae.

Atef Mohamed Abo-Shady, Saly Farouk Gheda, Gehan Ahmed Ismail, João Cotas, Leonel Pereira, Omnia Hamdy Abdel-Karim

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Review in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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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

15 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Health science reports · 2026
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  4. Antioxidant Effect of aAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  11. Fermentation of micro- and macroalgae as a way to produce value-added products.Biotechnology reports (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 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

6 authors.

Atef Mohamed Abo-ShadyBotany Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta 31527, Egypt.
Saly Farouk GhedaBotany Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta 31527, Egypt.
Gehan Ahmed IsmailBotany Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta 31527, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-3996-0047
João CotasMARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre/ARNET-Aquatic Research Network, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-5244-221X
Leonel PereiraMARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre/ARNET-Aquatic Research Network, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-6819-0619
Omnia Hamdy Abdel-KarimBotany Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta 31527, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-9149-1209

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Currently, algae arouse a growing interest in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic area due to the fact that they have a great diversity of bioactive compounds with the potential for pharmacological and nutraceutical applications. Due to lifestyle modifications brought on by rapid urbanization, diabetes mellitus, a metabolic illness, is the third largest cause of death globally. The hunt for an efficient natural-based antidiabetic therapy is crucial to battling diabetes and the associated consequences due to the unfavorable side effects of currently available antidiabetic medications. Finding the possible advantages of algae for the control of diabetes is crucial for the creation of natural drugs. Many of algae's metabolic processes produce bioactive secondary metabolites, which give algae their diverse chemical and biological features. Numerous studies have demonstrated the antioxidant and antidiabetic benefits of algae, mostly by blocking carbohydrate hydrolyzing enzyme activity, such as α-amylase and α-glucosidase. Additionally, bioactive components from algae can lessen diabetic symptoms in vivo. Therefore, the current review concentrates on the role of various secondary bioactive substances found naturally in algae and their potential as antioxidants and antidiabetic materials, as well as the urgent need to apply these substances in the pharmaceutical industry.

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algal treatmentsantihyperglycemicantioxidantbody weightdiabeteslipid profile

Identifiers

PMID36836817
PMCPMC9964347

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