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This research was funded by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III through the grants CP15/00100 and PI18/00191 (Co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund. ERDF, a way to build Europe); and by La Marato de TV3 (project 201943-30). We thank CERCA Program/Generalitat de Catalunya for institutional support. LR-B, MF-N and RZ-R would like to thank the program were supported by the PFIS (FI20/00006), Sara Borrell (CD20/00036) and the Miguel Servet (CPII20/00009) programs from the Institute of Health Carlos III (Co-funded by the European Social Fund (ESF)-ESF investing in your future), respectively.

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January 5, 2022
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Lignan exposure: a worldwide perspective

Publicated to:European Journal Of Nutrition. 61 (3): 1143-1165 - 2022-04-01 61(3), DOI: 10.1007/s00394-021-02736-4

Authors: Rizzolo-Brime, L; Caro-Garcia, EM; Alegre-Miranda, CA; Felez-Nobrega, M; Zamora-Ros, R

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Catalan Inst Oncol, Bellvitge Biomed Res Inst IDIBELL, Unit Nutr & Canc, Canc Epidemiol Res Program, Av Gran Via 199-203, Barcelona 08908, Spain - Author
Parc Sanitari St Joan de Deu, Res & Dev Unit, Barcelona, Spain - Author

Abstract

Dietary lignans are phytoestrogens that are mostly found in plant-based foods, especially whole grains, seeds, nuts, legumes and vegetables. An accurate assessment of lignan exposure is crucial to evaluate their potential health benefits and to establish future recommendations and dietary guidelines. This narrative review aimed to (i) summarize the pros and the cons of the current main assessment methods for lignan exposurei.e., dietary questionnaires, food composition tables and biomarkers, (ii) describe the individual lignans more consumed from a worldwide perspective, as well as their main food sources, (iii) determine the lignans concentrations in both urine and blood, and explore their heterogeneity among countries, and finally (iv) discuss the main determinants of lignan exposure.

Keywords

biomarkerenterolignanintakelignanplasmaserumBiomarkerBreast-cancer riskContinuous national-healthDietary phytoestrogen intakeEnterolignanIntakeLife-styleLignanMajor food sourcesPlasmaPlasma enterolactonePostmenopausal womenProstate-cancerSerumSerum enterolactone concentrationUrinary phytoestrogensUrine

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal European Journal Of Nutrition due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Medicine (Miscellaneous).

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 2.23, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-05, the following number of citations:

  • Scopus: 7

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From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-05:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 20 (PlumX).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (RIZZOLO BRIME, LUCIA) and Last Author (ZAMORA ROS, RAUL).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been ZAMORA ROS, RAUL.