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ArticleMarine drugs2024

Algae-Based Supplements Claiming Weight Loss Properties: Authenticity Control and Scientific-Based Evidence on Their Effectiveness.

Fátima Fernandes, Raquel Martins, Mariana Barbosa, Patrícia Valentão

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Article in Marine drugs, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Marine drugs · 2025
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  3. Improved Functionality, Quality, and Shelf Life ofFoods (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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fátima FernandesREQUIMTE/LAQV, Laboratório de Farmacognosia, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira n.º 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-0898-0512
Raquel MartinsREQUIMTE/LAQV, Laboratório de Farmacognosia, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira n.º 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0009-0003-2608-4601
Mariana BarbosaAssociate Laboratory i4HB-Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.
Patrícia ValentãoREQUIMTE/LAQV, Laboratório de Farmacognosia, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira n.º 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-0740-4396
Universidade do Porto · PTUniversidade Nova de Lisboa · PT

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia and Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior InnO-Glyco project (2022.04607.PTDC)Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia and Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior program DL 57/2016 - Norma transitória (Ref. DL57/2016/CP1346/CT0018)Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia and Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior UIDB/50006/2020Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia and Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior UIDP/5006/2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The worldwide prevalence of obesity impacts more than 600 million adults. Successfully managing weight is effective in reducing the risk of chronic diseases, but sustaining long-term weight loss remains a challenge. Although there are supplements based on algae that claim to aid in weight loss, there is a notable scarcity of scientific evidence supporting their effectiveness, and their regular consumption safety remains inadequately addressed. In this work, commercially available

Indexed as

DecapodiformesDietary SupplementsSpirulinaAnimalsNitric OxidePlant ExtractsNitric OxidePlant Extractsalgaeanti-obesityantioxidantfood supplementsFucus vesiculosusquality controlspirulina

Identifiers

PMID38535464
PMCPMC10971825
OpenAlexW4392471379

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