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ReviewRSC advances2024

Medium-chain dicarboxylic acids: chemistry, pharmacological properties, and applications in modern pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries.

Zhengrui Liao, Yu-Kee Yeoh, Thaigarajan Parumasivam, Wee Yin Koh, Mohammad Alrosan, Muhammad H Alu'datt, Thuan-Chew Tan

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Review in RSC advances, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

7 authors.

Zhengrui LiaoFood Technology Division, School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia 11800 USM Penang Malaysia 670058674@qq.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7942-7354
Yu-Kee YeohSchool of Housing, Building and Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia 11800 USM Penang Malaysia.
Thaigarajan ParumasivamSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia 11800 USM Penang Malaysia thaigarp@usm.my.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6278-3627
Wee Yin KohFaculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Universiti Malaysia Sabah Jalan UMS 88400 Kota Kinabalu Sabah Malaysia.
Mohammad AlrosanCollege of Health Sciences, QU Health, Qatar University P.O. Box 2713 Doha Qatar.
Muhammad H Alu'dattDepartment of Food Science & Nutrition, College of Life Sciences, Kuwait University P.O. Box. 5969 Safat 13060 Kuwait.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8976-5004
Thuan-Chew TanFood Technology Division, School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia 11800 USM Penang Malaysia 670058674@qq.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6607-7364

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Succinic (SUA), glutaric (GLA), pimelic (PA), suberic (SUBA), adipic (ADA), azelaic (AZA), and sebacic acids (SA) make up the majority of medium-chain dicarboxylic acids (MCDAs) with chain lengths of C4-C10, and are widely utilised in the chemical, food, textile, pesticide, pharmaceutical, and liquid crystal sectors. The MCDAs' two carboxyl groups provide them with an incredibly broad variety of applications. The focus of significant scientific research now is on the increasingly varied pharmacological effects of MCDAs. However, only a few studies have compared the biological characteristics of MCDAs in the contemporary pharmaceutical and cosmetic sectors and thoroughly examined the most recent research and marketing initiatives for MCDAs. This review's objective is to offer a thorough analysis of academic works on MCDAs, to assess the usefulness of these substances' chemical-pharmacological properties for use in the contemporary pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, and to investigate the direction of their possible applications in these two disciplines. In addition, this review investigates how these compounds are metabolised in the human body.

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PMID38808239
PMCPMC11130641

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