D-chiro-inositol in clinical practice : A perspective from The Experts Group on Inositol in Basic and Clinical Research (EGOI)

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BACKGROUND: D-chiro-inositol is a natural molecule that, in association with its well-studied isomer myo-inositol, may play a role in treating various metabolic and gynecological disorders.

OBJECTIVES: This perspective seeks to explore the mechanisms and functions of D-chiro-inositol, laying the foundations to discuss its use in clinical practice, across dysmetabolism, obesity, and hormonal dysregulation.

METHODS: A narrative review of all the relevant papers known to the authors was conducted.

OUTCOME: D-chiro-inositol acts through a variety of mechanisms, acting as an insulin sensitizer, inhibiting the transcription of aromatase, in addition to modulating white adipose tissue/brown adipose tissue trans differentiation. These different modes of action have potential applications in a variety of therapeutic fields including: PCOS, dysmetabolism, obesity, hypoestrogenic/hyperandrogenic disorders, and bone health.

CONCLUSIONS: D-chiro-inositol mode of action has been studied in detail in recent years, resulting in a clear differentiation between D-chiro-inositol and its isomer myo-inositol. The insulin sensitizing activities of D-chiro-inositol are well understood; however, its potential applications in other fields, in particular obesity and hyperestrogenic/hypoandrogenic disorders in men and women, represent promising avenues of research that require further clinical study.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Gynecologic and obstetric investigation - (2024) vom: 19. Feb.

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Englisch

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Dinicola, Simona [VerfasserIn]
Unfer, Vittorio [VerfasserIn]
Soulage, Christophe O [VerfasserIn]
Yap-Garcia, Maria Isidora Margarita [VerfasserIn]
Bevilacqua, Arturo [VerfasserIn]
Benvenga, Salvatore [VerfasserIn]
Barbaro, Daniele [VerfasserIn]
Wdowiak, Artur [VerfasserIn]
Nordio, Maurizio [VerfasserIn]
Dewailly, Didier [VerfasserIn]
Appetecchia, Marialuisa [VerfasserIn]
Aragona, Cesare [VerfasserIn]
Espinola, Maria Salomè Bezerra [VerfasserIn]
Bizzarri, Mariano [VerfasserIn]
Cavalli, Pietro [VerfasserIn]
Colao, Annamaria [VerfasserIn]
D'Anna, Rosario [VerfasserIn]
Vazquez-Levin, Mónica Hebe [VerfasserIn]
Hernàndez Marin, Imelda [VerfasserIn]
Kamenov, Zdravko [VerfasserIn]
Laganà, Antonio Simone [VerfasserIn]
Monastra, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Montanino Oliva, Mario [VerfasserIn]
Cenk Özay, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Pintaudi, Basilio [VerfasserIn]
Porcaro, Giuseppina [VerfasserIn]
Pustotina, Olga [VerfasserIn]
Pkhaladze, Lali [VerfasserIn]
Prapas, Nikos [VerfasserIn]
Roseff, Scott [VerfasserIn]
Salehpour, Saghar [VerfasserIn]
Stringaro, Annarita [VerfasserIn]
Tugushev, Marat [VerfasserIn]
Unfer, Virginia [VerfasserIn]
Vucenik, Ivana [VerfasserIn]
Facchinetti, Fabio [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 19.02.2024

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10.1159/000536081

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NLM368634701