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Safety Evaluation of α-Lipoic Acid Supplementation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Placebo-Controlled Clinical Studies

Evangelos LiberopoulosRizzo ManfrediArrigo F G CiceroCoralie M.g. GeorgesTamara KneževićMichal VrablíkCormac KennedyChristoffer KrogagerAlexandre ValléePablo Perez-martinezEliane F. E. WenstedtAgnė ŠAtrauskienėFederica Fogacci

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:Chemicals and Drugs::Pharmaceutical Preparations::Placebos [Medical Subject Headings]Physiologyα -lipoic acid ; thioctic acid ; dietary supplement ; safety ; meta-analysisClinical BiochemistryDisease030204 cardiovascular system & hematologyBiochemistrymeta-analysi:Chemicals and Drugs::Chemical Actions and Uses::Pharmacologic Actions::Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action::Antioxidants [Medical Subject Headings]Dietary supplementchemistry.chemical_compound0302 clinical medicinethioctic aciddietary supplement meta-analysis safety thioctic acid α-lipoic acid:Analytical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Evaluation Studies as Topic::Clinical Trials as Topic::Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic::Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic [Medical Subject Headings]α-lipoic acidLipoic acidSafety profile:Publication Type::Study Characteristics::Meta-Analysis [Medical Subject Headings]Suplementos dietéticosMeta-analysis:Technology and Food and Beverages::Food and Beverages::Food::Dietary Supplements [Medical Subject Headings]SafetysafetyAlpha-lipoic acidmedicine.medical_specialtyMEDLINEÁcido tióctico030209 endocrinology & metabolismPlacebo:Chemicals and Drugs::Organic Chemicals::Sulfur Compounds::Thiophenes::Thioctic Acid [Medical Subject Headings]Article:Health Care::Environment and Public Health::Public Health::Accidents::Accident Prevention::Safety [Medical Subject Headings]03 medical and health sciencesα‐lipoic acidThioctic acidInternal medicineDiabetes mellitusmedicineMetaanálisisAdverse effectSeguridad:Diseases::Cardiovascular Diseases [Medical Subject Headings]Molecular Biology:Chemicals and Drugs::Lipids::Fatty Acids::Fatty Acids Volatile [Medical Subject Headings]business.industryRevisión sistemáticalcsh:RM1-950Cell Biologymedicine.disease:Psychiatry and Psychology::Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms::Behavior::Habits::Food Habits::Smoking [Medical Subject Headings]meta-analysisMeta-analysislcsh:Therapeutics. Pharmacologychemistry:Diseases::Nervous System Diseases [Medical Subject Headings]dietary supplementMeta‐analysisbusiness

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Alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) is a natural short-chain fatty acid that has attracted great attention in recent years as an antioxidant molecule. However, some concerns have been recently raised regarding its safety profile. To address the issue, we aimed to assess ALA safety profile through a systematic review of the literature and a meta-analysis of the available randomized placebo-controlled clinical studies. The literature search included EMBASE, PubMed Medline, SCOPUS, Google Scholar, and ISI Web of Science by Clarivate databases up to 15th August 2020. Data were pooled from 71 clinical studies, comprising 155 treatment arms, which included 4749 subjects with 2558 subjects treated with ALA and 2294 assigned to placebo. A meta-analysis of extracted data suggested that supplementation with ALA was not associated with an increased risk of any treatment-emergent adverse event (all p &gt

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2020-10-19Antioxidants
https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox9101011