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The effect of Fucus vesiculosus, an edible brown seaweed, upon menstrual cycle length and hormonal status in three pre-menopausal women: a case report

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, August 2004
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)

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5 news outlets
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1 blog
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4 X users
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1 Facebook page
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1 Wikipedia page
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3 Google+ users

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Title
The effect of Fucus vesiculosus, an edible brown seaweed, upon menstrual cycle length and hormonal status in three pre-menopausal women: a case report
Published in
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, August 2004
DOI 10.1186/1472-6882-4-10
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Authors

Christine F Skibola

Abstract

Rates of estrogen-dependent cancers are among the highest in Western countries and lower in the East. These variations may be attributable to differences in dietary exposures such as higher seaweed consumption among Asian populations. The edible brown kelp, Fucus vesiculosus (bladderwrack), as well as other brown kelp species, lower plasma cholesterol levels. Since cholesterol is a precursor to sex hormone biosynthesis, kelp consumption may alter circulating sex hormone levels and menstrual cycling patterns. In particular, dietary kelp may be beneficial to women with or at high risk for estrogen-dependent diseases. To test this, bladderwrack was administered to three pre-menopausal women with abnormal menstrual cycling patterns and/or menstrual-related disease histories.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Mexico 1 1%
Unknown 97 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 23 23%
Researcher 19 19%
Student > Master 10 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 7%
Other 7 7%
Other 11 11%
Unknown 21 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 23 23%
Medicine and Dentistry 22 22%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 3%
Other 13 13%
Unknown 27 28%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 56. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 April 2023.
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#673,765
of 23,509,253 outputs
Outputs from BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
#93
of 3,698 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#596
of 54,504 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
#1
of 4 outputs
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