Wine Polyphenols and Health: Quantitative Research Literature Analysis

Massimo Lucarini,Alessandra Durazzo,Eliana B Souto,Antonello Santini,Ginevra Lombardi-Boccia,Francesca Cecchini

doi:10.3390/app11114762

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Abstract

The relationship between wine polyphenols and health has been receiving growing scientific attention in the last few years. To confirm this point, the proposed paper identifies the major contributors to academic journals regarding the relationships between wine polyphenols and health. The endpoints of the proposed study are to provide a comprehensive overview and analysis of the literature regarding the relationships between wine polyphenol and health based on a bibliometric analysis. Bibliometric data were extracted from the Scopus online database using the search string TITLE-ABS-KEY (wine AND polyphenol* AND health OR (“french paradox” OR “cardiovascular disease*” OR atherosclerosis OR microbiota) and analyzed using the VOSviewer bibliometric software to generate bubble maps and to visualize the obtained results. This perspective paper analyzes: (i) the research themes addressing the relationships between wine polyphenols and health; (ii) the major contributors’ origin, e.g., country and/or regions; (iii) the institutions where the research is based; (iv) the authors; and (v) the type of paper. These results represent a useful tool to identify emerging research directions, collaboration networks, and suggestions for more in-depth literature searches.

Highlights

It is widely demonstrated that to modulate health status, one starting point is to take into account and properly consider both diet and lifestyle
In the 1980s, a paradox that existed for the French population was observed, as it was shown that mortality from cardiovascular disease was very close to those found for the Chinese and Japanese populations, the French diet was richer in saturated fats and the concentration of plasma cholesterol was much higher and not in line with the countries where the consumption of saturated fatty acids was less common [1]
The analysis of the publications on the relationship between wine polyphenols and health highlighted that some of the main contributors are from the USA, Italy, Spain, and France

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It is widely demonstrated that to modulate health status, one starting point is to take into account and properly consider both diet and lifestyle. In the 1980s, a paradox that existed for the French population was observed, as it was shown that mortality from cardiovascular disease was very close to those found for the Chinese and Japanese populations, the French diet was richer in saturated fats and the concentration of plasma cholesterol was much higher and not in line with the countries where the consumption of saturated fatty acids was less common [1]. The debate has moved on and other hypotheses have been put forward by researchers, taking into account that there are other aspects of diet and lifestyle that can be important determinants of cardiovascular health risk [4] In this context, it was found that fat consumption and serum cholesterol values were much lower in the French population than in countries such as the United Kingdom and United States in the years before the 1980s. Three decades have passed since the definition of the French paradox, the issue is still triggering interest and is the topic of wide discussion

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