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SynthesisNutrients2023

Dietary Supplements Potentially Target Plasma Glutathione Levels to Improve Cardiometabolic Health in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials.

Phiwayinkosi V Dludla, Khanyisani Ziqubu, Sihle E Mabhida, Sithandiwe E Mazibuko-Mbeje, Sidney Hanser, Bongani B Nkambule, Albertus K Basson, Carmen Pheiffer, Luca Tiano, André P Kengne

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Unravelling the Therapeutic Potential of Cysteine for Cardiovascular Health.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  5. Development of a smartphone-assisted multiple colorimetric detection assay for GSH in food based on the degradation of gold nanorods.Analytical sciences : the international journal of the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry · 2025
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  14. Research Progress of Coenzyme Q in Diabetes Mellitus and Its Common Complications.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2024
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  15. Antioxidant-mediated suppression of ferroptosis inFrontiers in plant science · 2024
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  19. Nutritional Composition of Hass Avocado Pulp.Foods (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

10 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Phiwayinkosi V DludlaBiomedical Research and Innovation Platform, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-5965-3610
Khanyisani ZiqubuDepartment of Biochemistry, North-West University, Mmabatho 2745, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-1211-9688
Sihle E MabhidaBiomedical Research and Innovation Platform, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa.
Sithandiwe E Mazibuko-MbejeDepartment of Biochemistry, North-West University, Mmabatho 2745, South Africa.
Sidney HanserDepartment of Physiology and Environmental Health, University of Limpopo, Sovenga 0727, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-6719-8512
Bongani B NkambuleSchool of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4000, South Africa.
Albertus K BassonDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa 3880, South Africa.
Carmen PheifferBiomedical Research and Innovation Platform, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-0707-1552
Luca TianoDepartment of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7519-7106
André P KengneNon-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-5183-131X
South African Medical Research Council · ZANorth-West University · ZAMarche Polytechnic University · ITUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal · ZAUniversity of Limpopo · ZAUniversity of Zululand · ZA

Funding

National Research Foundation 117829 and 141929
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) continue to be the leading cause of death in people with diabetes mellitus. Severely suppressed intracellular antioxidant defenses, including low plasma glutathione (GSH) levels, are consistently linked with the pathological features of diabetes such as oxidative stress and inflammation. In fact, it has already been established that low plasma GSH levels are associated with increased risk of CVD in people with diabetes. Dietary supplements are widely used and may offer therapeutic benefits for people with diabetes at an increased risk of developing CVDs. However, such information remains to be thoroughly scrutinized. Hence, the current systematic review explored prominent search engines, including PubMed and Google Scholar, for updated literature from randomized clinical trials reporting on the effects of dietary supplements on plasma GSH levels in people with diabetes. Available evidence indicates that dietary supplements, such as coenzyme Q

Indexed as

Cardiovascular DiseasesDiabetes MellitusAntioxidantsDietary SupplementsGlutathioneHumansInflammationOxidative StressRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicAntioxidantsGlutathioneantioxidantscardiometabolic healthcardiovascular diseasesdiabetes mellitusglutathioneinflammationoxidative stress

Identifiers

PMID36839303
PMCPMC9966974
OpenAlexW4320729328

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