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Pectin

  • Dietary supplement
  • Prescription only
  • Identity checked
  • Sources last checked 2026-09-04

This page shows what was measured, who it was measured in, and what that does not settle.

What Pectin does in the body

temporarily relieves: occasional minor irritation and pain associated with sore mouth sore throat

Why people take it. temporarily relieves: occasional minor irritation and pain associated with sore mouth sore throat

What happened in people

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

A fixed RNAWiki sentence

Where this came from

Wording RNAWiki always uses, not a finding about this substance.

No reviewed claim names a result for any goal on this record.

No source is stored against this line.

The limit that matters most

Not recorded.

Where it acts
Not recorded.
Kind of result
No result is published, so no kind of result applies yet
Supervision
Not usually supervised: sold as a supplement or food ingredient where recorded. That is a legal category, not a safety judgement.

What the registries record it as

  • The substance registry classes this as mixture.

    FDA substance registry · 89NA02M4RX · read 2026-08-29

  • The supplement label database classes it as fiber, under the name Pectin.

    NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 554 · read 2026-08-29

Where each sentence above came from

The use the label states, quoted from it. No plain-language version of this sentence has been written.

The use the label states, quoted from it. It is written for a clinician, not for a reader without medical training.

No statement of the main limit is recorded.

The four opening statements run to 39 words.

Words this page uses

Four words worth knowing first

Chosen from what this page shows, with each one explained before the word it depends on.

Stand-in result

A stand-in result is a number measured because the real result takes too long.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

It is like judging a journey by the speedometer rather than by arriving.

Where that stops being true. Speed does predict arrival. Many stand-in results do not predict the real one.

What people get wrong. A stand-in result is often reported as the result itself.

A surrogate endpoint substituted for a clinical endpoint, valid only where the substitution has been shown to hold.

Enzyme

An enzyme is a protein that speeds up one chemical change.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

An enzyme is like a machine on a production line doing one cut.

Where that stops being true. A machine is switched on and off by a person. Enzymes are controlled by the cell.

What people get wrong. Enzymes are thought to be used up. They are not; they work again and again.

A catalytic protein that lowers the activation energy of a specific reaction.

Receptor

A receptor is a part of a cell that a signal fits into.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A receptor is like a lock waiting for one key.

Where that stops being true. A lock either opens or does not. A receptor can be half-triggered, or worn out.

What people get wrong. Fitting a receptor is read as causing a benefit. It causes a step, and nothing more.

A protein that binds a specific ligand and converts that binding into a cellular response.

Pathway

A pathway is a chain of steps inside a cell, each one setting off the next.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A pathway is like a row of dominoes.

Where that stops being true. Dominoes fall one way. Pathways loop back and can switch themselves off.

What people get wrong. Changing one step is read as changing the outcome. Other steps often absorb it.

An ordered series of molecular interactions producing a defined cellular change.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What was measured, goal by goal

One row for each goal a registered study measured something for. One column for each kind of thing that could be measured.

Registered studies list 8 outcome measures that RNAWiki could read. A registered study says what someone planned to measure. It does not say what they found. 0 of the matched studies tested this substance, and 0 posted a result.

There is no single score. A strong test result and a weak life result are different facts.

Goals down the side, kinds of measurement across the top. Each cell says what kind of thing was registered, not what was found.
GoalLife outcomeWhat a body can doHow a person feelsA test resultA step in the bodyHarmsHow longWho was studied
Healthy ageingWaiting for a reviewer2 registered study measure of this kind. No reviewed result yet.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a performance measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a symptom measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a test result for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a body-step measure for this goal.Not recordedHarms were not a registered measure for this goal.Not recordedNo finished study window is recorded.Waiting for a reviewerWho was studied is listed further down the page.
Which registered measures put each goal on this table
Healthy ageing
all cause mortality; mortality rate

Sorted by fixed word lists, version v1. A name the rules do not recognise stays unsorted rather than moving to the nearest column.

What each mark on this table means
Waiting for a reviewer
2 registered study measure of this kind. No reviewed result yet.
Nothing in the sources checked
No registered study lists a performance measure for this goal.
Not recorded
Harms were not a registered measure for this goal.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What happened in people

Each card is one study: the exact question it asked, who was in it, and whether it showed what it set out to show.

Eradication rate of Helicobacter pylori

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT06168214
How many people
1404
Study design
Phase 4
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Eradication rate

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT04901117
How many people
1300
Study design
Phase 4
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Eradication rate

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT05049902
How many people
1300
Study design
Phase 4
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

helicobacter pylori eradication

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT04660123
How many people
959
Study design
Phase 4
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Helicobacter pylori Eradication Rate

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT05718609
How many people
855
Study design
Phase 4
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Helicobacter pylori eradication rate

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT06591494
How many people
855
Study design
Phase 2/Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
What we know
RNAWiki holds 6 written-up human studies for this substance, each with the question it asked.
How we know it
Each card names the study, the number of people and what the study set out to measure.
What this does not prove
These summaries were written by a person and have not been signed off as reviewed claims.
Why it matters
A study that failed is as informative as one that worked, and both are here.
What we still do not know
No reviewed claim exists, so no exact population, effect size or interval is published yet.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How close this is to real life

The top step is something a person would feel or care about. The bottom is a guess from software. Filled steps are where evidence exists for this substance.

  1. Living longer, or avoiding a major event Evidence recorded. Death, a heart attack, a stroke, a hospital stay.2 registered measures of this kind. No reviewed result.
  2. What a body can do day to day No evidence recorded. Walking, dressing, breathing, recovering.No registered study measures this.
  3. Measured performance No evidence recorded. How much was lifted, how far was run, how fast.No registered study measures this.
  4. Symptoms and quality of life No evidence recorded. Pain, tiredness, mood, sleep, as the person rated it.No registered study measures this.
  5. A number that stands in for health Evidence recorded. Cholesterol, blood sugar, bone density. A stand-in, not the thing itself.1 registered measure of this kind.
  6. A step measured inside a person Evidence recorded. Something measured in human tissue or human cells.1 registered measure inside human tissue.
  7. Animals Evidence recorded. Mice, rats, dogs. Useful for ideas, not proof about people.Stored records in C. elegans (roundworm), Drosophila (fruit fly), Mouse, Rat. A result in animals says what to test next. It does not say what happens in people.
  8. Cells in a dish Evidence recorded. Cells or chemistry on a bench, far from a whole body.Stored mechanism abstracts describe steps measured in cells or tissue.
  9. A guess from software No evidence recorded. Nobody measured it. RNAWiki never publishes one as a finding.RNAWiki stores no prediction for this record. Software can suggest a link. RNAWiki does not publish one as a finding.

Higher on these steps means closer to something a person would feel. It does not mean better done.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Felt, measured, or meaningful

Three different things that get called the same word. Registered studies measured all three, and mixing them is how a blood test becomes a health claim.

Felt

Things a person could notice without a test.

No registered study measured anything of this kind.

Measured

Things only a test, a scale or a device shows.

  • changed gene expression profile by fiber rich meals
  • inflammatory profile

Meaningful

Things that change how a life goes, not only a number.

  • all cause mortality
  • mortality rate

A registered study says what someone planned to measure. It does not say what they found. A number moving is not the same as a life going better. The two are shown apart here.

Felt, but not shown to help. A person notices a change. No study showed it leads anywhere good.

Measured, but not felt. A number moves. The person notices nothing. Both can be true.

Measured, but not shown to matter. A number moves in the good direction. Nobody showed that lives went better.

Matters, but takes years. The result that counts may take longer than anyone would keep watching.

Names that fit none of the three (4)
  • blood lipids levels
  • gut microbiota composition
  • microbiome profile
  • changes in short chain fatty acids

These are harms, study-process measures, or names the rules did not recognise. They are shown rather than dropped.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Were people like you studied?

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it, and where the result stops carrying.

Who was studied

People similar to this profile were included.

  • For temporary relief of minor discomfort and protection of irritated areas in sore mouth and sore throat. Uses For temporary relief of minor discomfort and protection of irritated areas in sore mouth and sore throat. Uses For temporary relief of minor discomfort and protection of irritated areas in sore mouth and sore throat.

Who is missing from the studies

  • Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

Where the result stopped carrying

  • This is a scope explorer, not a diagnosis engine.
  • It shows who was studied so you can see whether people similar to you were included.

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Why it might seem to do nothing

A real effect and a noticed effect are different things. These are the recorded reasons the two come apart.

It was studied for a different goal

The studies measured something else entirely.

On this record: Some registered studies measured things that match no goal on this page.

It was studied in different people

The people in the studies were not much like the reader.

On this record: Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

The evidence may simply be wrong

Small early studies often do not hold up.

On this record: RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Other reasons RNAWiki checked and found nothing for (10)
A different form was studied
The studied form is not the form on the shelf. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
There was nothing to correct
Where a level is already normal, topping it up may change nothing. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else had to happen too
In the studies it was paired with training, a diet or another treatment. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The change is too small to feel
A real change can still sit below what a person notices. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Day-to-day swing hides it
Sleep, food, stress and time of day move most numbers more than this would. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Not enough time yet
The studies ran longer than the person has waited. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
It was not taken as studied
Missed days change the result, and studies count them. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else changed at the same time
Two changes at once cannot be told apart afterwards. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The product may not be what it says
Contents of a sold product are not always what the label states. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
No recorded reason
RNAWiki has nothing stored that would explain it. Nothing in this record points to this reason.

None of these is a reason to take more. Taking more is not a step this page ever suggests.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What taking it involves

The recorded facts about getting hold of it and using it. Nothing here is a suggestion about what you should do.

How it is supplied

Prescription only

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

Read from the recorded approval status.

No source is stored against this line.

Form and route

Oral

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

The form and route recorded on this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

Who oversees it

Not usually supervised: sold as a supplement or food ingredient where recorded. That is a legal category, not a safety judgement.

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

The identity record classes it as a supplement ingredient; no medicines register records an approval.

No source is stored against this line.

What is in the pack

Sold as lozenge, given by the oral route.

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

Recorded notes on how this is sold and what that means for what is in the pack.

No source is stored against this line.

Where it is registered

Regulatory records are listed in the technical disclosure at the foot of this page.

Counted from records

Where this came from

A count of rows RNAWiki holds. It describes our records, not your body.

Register entries are stored per jurisdiction and shown with their dates.

No source is stored against this line.

Why people stop

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

No record of why people stopped taking it is stored for this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

What it would be like to takeNothing found in the sources checked

What can go wrong

Sorted by where each line came from. A regulator's label and a report somebody sent in are not the same kind of fact.

Nothing found in the sources checked

No harm is recorded against this substance in the sources RNAWiki checked. Finding nothing is not the same as showing there is nothing.

The sources listed were searched and held nothing. That is not the same as nothing existing.

Over a long time. No completed tested study window is recorded, so long-term effects are not established by the registry record.

Groups the studies covered thinly. Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Does the exact form matter?

Evidence belongs to the exact thing that was tested. A different salt, a different mixture or a different preparation is a different question.

The form that was studied

Oral

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

The form used in the studies cited on this page.

No source is stored against this line.

What is sold

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

Nothing further is recorded about which forms are sold.

No source is stored against this line.

What is recorded as being sold

  • 59 products list this as an active ingredient in the United States drug directory. 50 of them contain it and nothing else.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 72427-3640 · read 2026-08-29

  • They are sold as lozenge, taken oral.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 72427-3640 · read 2026-08-29

  • 37 published labels name it as an active ingredient. 28 of them describe this substance alone, which is where its own label text on this page comes from.

    US prescribing information · edbd7a73-8f06-4a1e-a459-3d7a4355fc9b · read 2026-08-29

  • Those labels are classed as human otc drug.

    US prescribing information · edbd7a73-8f06-4a1e-a459-3d7a4355fc9b · read 2026-08-29

  • 3388 marketed supplement labels list this ingredient, classed as botanical, fiber and other nutrients, other combinations and fiber.

    NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 214463 · read 2026-08-29

  • Those labels carry all other, nutrient and structure/function claims. A claim of that kind is written by the manufacturer and is not assessed by any regulator, so its presence says nothing about whether it is true.

    NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 214463 · read 2026-08-29

Evidence carries across two names for one substance. It does not carry across a salt, a mirror form or a mixture.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What you could measure

This one is decided with a clinician, so this section holds questions to ask rather than a plan to run.

A single-person plan is offered only as a structure for observing yourself. It never calculates an amount to take, and it cannot prove cause.

Questions worth asking

  • Which of the trials of Pectin studied people like me?
  • What was measured, and for how long?
  • Was the result a laboratory value or a health outcome?
  • What would we watch for, and when would we stop?

Tracking can show whether something changed for you. It cannot show what caused it.

RNAWiki records evidence. It does not say whether this substance is right for you.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What nobody knows yet

Open questions, each with why it is open and what would close it.

How much did people take in the studies?

The sources RNAWiki checked hold nothing for this field.

Why it matters. A result belongs to an amount. Without the amount the result floats free.

What would answer it

A stored source that records it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

How fast does the body clear it?

The sources RNAWiki checked hold nothing for this field.

Why it matters. Without this, nothing on this page can say how long anything lasts.

What would answer it

A stored source that records it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing populations

Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing long-term data

No completed tested study window is recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

No reviewed conclusion

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing interaction studies

No interaction was found in the registers checked. Not finding one is not the same as showing there is none.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Formulation uncertainty

Several salts, forms or products of Pectin are recorded. Results from one form may not transfer to another.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Mechanism not reviewed

No reviewed mechanism story exists for this substance.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Check any of this yourself

Every line above traced back to the study it came from. This is the technical layer, and the vocabulary changes here.

Where else this substance is registered

FDA substance identifier (UNII)
89NA02M4RX
RxNorm concept
2621646

Checks this page had to pass

  • Passed

    Identity resolved

    no open identity hold

  • Passed

    No unresolved merge across substance families

    no quarantine open

  • Passed

    Every public sentence names a source

    The opening statement carries the origin: Quoted from a stored source.

  • Not passed

    Trial roles classified for highlighted evidence

    No registered study is classified as testing this substance.

  • Passed

    No internal keys in reader text

    enforced by the copy-contract test over the rendered page

  • Passed

    Safety mode resolved

    The identity record classes it as a supplement ingredient; no medicines register records an approval.

  • Passed

    Canonical metadata present

    slug and display name present

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How this medicine reached us

Kept near the foot of the page. A historical event moves up only when it changes something about this substance today.

What the approval register records

  • The earliest marketing start date recorded for a listed product is 20091029.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 72427-3640 · read 2026-08-29

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What to learn next

Ordered by what would most change how you read this page, starting with what is easiest to misunderstand.

This order is fixed in code and does not count clicks or time on the page.

What is not here

6 questions this page could not answer

These sections were prepared and left out because there was nothing to put in them. They are listed rather than hidden, so the gaps in this record are visible.

  • The path through the body — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • How long anything takes — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • What it may clash with — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • Other ways to the same goal — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • Claims that go past the evidence — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • What changed on this page — found nothing in the sources checked.

The record as stored

The full record, for auditing

Everything above is built from what is below. This layer keeps the technical vocabulary, record identifiers and every stored row, so a reader who wants to check the page can.

Recorded evidence blocks (12)

What did Pectin's largest trial (125 people) and its longest (3.4 years) measure?


125 people in Pectin's largest registered study, 3.4 years in its longest registered window, measuring all-cause mortality. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

6 na, 6 phase2, 4 phase3, 1 early phase1, 1 phase1, 1 phase4; NCT02194972; 2012-10. Last human test completed 2022, NCT06580132.

Interpretation These counts include studies where Pectin was a comparison treatment, a background treatment or an exposure in an observational study, and the longest window may be a planned end date. Trial roles have not yet been classified for this record.

Show the evidence
  • na
    6
  • phase2
    6
  • phase3
    4
  • early phase1
    1
  • phase1
    1
  • phase4
    1
1 more recorded row
  • Last recorded human test NCT06580132
    2022-09-09

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

From C. elegans to human: where has Pectin shown lifespan?


C. elegans: lifespan, Drosophila: lifespan, mouse: lifespan, rat: mechanism-only and human: lifespan (16): the rungs where Pectin has a recorded finding. Europe PMC and ClinicalTrials.gov · organism ladder · 2026-09-01

Interpretation all-cause mortality — the recorded outcome words.

Yeast C. elegans lifespanDrosophila lifespanMouse lifespanRat mechanism-onlyDog Non-human primate Human lifespan
Show the evidence
  • C. elegans
    lifespan
  • Drosophila
    lifespan
  • mouse
    lifespan
  • rat
    mechanism-only
  • human NCT02379624
    lifespan; all-cause mortality; 16

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

2 of Pectin's trials stopped: accrual/recruitment, other?


accrual/recruitment (1) and other (1): Pectin's stop wording, clustered. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

"Not enough participants enrolled"; 2 of 16 registered studies

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Trial

  • NCT02164877
    terminated; "Not enough participants enrolled"
  • NCT04114513
    withdrawn; "COVID-19 lockdown"

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

More Pectin was worse in human: at what point?


U-shaped in human: "Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations suggested that both pectin and proanthocyanidin bound to the U-shaped cavity of the zein molecules." Europe PMC · dose-response search · 2025-03-21

5 recorded sentences naming Pectin; U-shaped, biphasic, dose-response, dose response

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U-shaped

  • PMID 39700817
    "Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations suggested that both pectin and proanthocyanidin bound to the U-shaped cavity of the zein molecules."
  • PMID 34190385
    "The highest gene abundances for decomposition of moderate mineralizable compounds, i.e. carbohydrate esters, chitin and pectin were found at the mid-elevations with hump-shaped pattern, where the genes for decompositions of recalcitrant C (i.e. lignin) and easily mineralizable C (i.e. starch) showed the opposite trend (i.e. U-shaped pattern), due to high soil pH and seasonality in both low and…"
  • biphasic PMID 40138821
    "The Pickering emulsion stabilized by ovalbumin/pectin polyelectrolyte complex with porcine pancreatic lipase (PPL) dissolved in the aqueous phase was investigated for its feasibility in biphasic catalysis."
  • dose-response PMID 35313193
    "In vitro starch digestibility test also revealed a dose-response inhibitory effect with increased SPL pectin in both wheat and rice noodles, respectively."
  • dose response PMID 32360443
    "As part of the safety assessment of the suitability of pectin for young infants (≤12 weeks of age), we conducted a 3-week dietary study in a neonatal pig model to 1) investigate the impact of pectin at different doses on neonatal pigs' growth and 2) explore the potential explanation for the dose response."

recorded 2025-03-21 · last checked 2026-09-04

Could one person measure Pectin's effect on changed gene expression profile by fiber rich meals?


Changed gene expression profile by fiber rich meals: measured in Pectin's trials.

Interpretation changed gene expression profile by fiber rich meals is the recorded endpoint.

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biomarkers

  • changed gene expression profile by fiber rich meals; 2026-09-01
  • all cause mortality; 2026-09-01
  • blood lipids levels; 2026-09-01
  • gut microbiota composition; 2026-09-01
  • mortality rate; 2026-09-01
  • microbiome profile; 2026-09-01
2 more recorded rows
  • biomarkers
    inflammatory profile; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    changes in short chain fatty acids; 2026-09-01
  • human trials at or under30
    5
  • Not recorded for this substance
    a recorded half-life
  • smallest human trial
    0; NCT04114513; NA; the smallest recorded human enrolment at or below 30; the registry states no direction of its result; WITHDRAWN

Which of all cause mortality, blood lipids levels and changed gene expression profile by fiber rich meals did Pectin's trials measure?


all cause mortality, blood lipids levels and changed gene expression profile by fiber rich meals lead 8 outcome terms across Pectin's trials. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

Interpretation gut microbiota composition, mortality rate, microbiome profile, inflammatory profile and changes in short chain fatty acids follow.

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  • changed gene expression profile by fiber rich meals
    1
  • all cause mortality
    1
  • blood lipids levels
    1
  • gut microbiota composition
    1
  • mortality rate
    1
  • microbiome profile
    1
2 more recorded rows
  • inflammatory profile
    1
  • changes in short chain fatty acids
    1

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which of Pectin's 3 ongoing trials reports first?


3 registered trials of Pectin are open; earliest completion 2026-03-31. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

Change in microbiome profile; Quantification of blood markers contributing to systemic inflammation pathway (TNFα (pg/mL), IL-6 (pg/mL), IL-10 (pg/mL), IFNᵞ (pg/mL), C-Reactive Protein (pg/mL), Zonulin…; latest 2027-03-31

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Trial

  • NCT06955975
    "The Effect of Pectin Supplementation on Geriatric With Frailty: A Randomised Placebo-Controlled Dietary Intervention Study"; n 30; "Change in microbiome profile"; 2026-03-31
  • NCT07093346
    "The Impact of Pectin Supplementation on Systematic Inflammation Pathway, Gut Microbiome, and Metabolic Health in Patients With Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD)"; n 45; "Quantification of blood markers contributing to systemic inflammation pathway (TNFα (pg/mL), IL-6 (pg/mL), IL-10 (pg/mL), IFNᵞ (pg/mL), C-Reactive Protein (pg/mL), Zonulin (Haptoglobulin)(pg/m), IL-1β(pg/mL))."; 2027-03-31
  • NCT07423663
    "Antimicrobial Effect of Calcium Silicate and Pectin as Intracanal Medications in Necrotic Teeth With Periapical Lesions"; n 63; "Microbiome Changes"; 2026-04-01

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which running trial of Pectin could settle inflammatory markers?


NCT07093346 measures Quantification of blood markers contributing to systemic inflammation pathway (TNFα (pg/mL), IL-6 (pg/mL), IL-10 (pg/mL), IFNᵞ (pg/mL), C-Reactive Protein (pg/mL), Zonulin (Haptoglobulin)(pg/m), IL-1β(pg/mL))., reading out 2027-03-31.

1 open trial; n 45; "The Impact of Pectin Supplementation on Systematic Inflammation Pathway, Gut Microbiome, and Metabolic Health in Patients With Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD)"

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  • Trial NCT07093346
    "The Impact of Pectin Supplementation on Systematic Inflammation Pathway, Gut Microbiome, and Metabolic Health in Patients With Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD)"; n 45; "Quantification of blood markers contributing to systemic inflammation pathway (TNFα (pg/mL), IL-6 (pg/mL), IL-10 (pg/mL), IFNᵞ (pg/mL), C-Reactive Protein (pg/mL), Zonulin (Haptoglobulin)(pg/m), IL-1β(pg/mL))."; 2027-03-31

Which 6 trials of Pectin posted no result?


Posted no result
6 of 6 completed trials
Registrations
NCT01005342, NCT02194972, NCT02270268, NCT02379624, NCT02376270 and NCT06580132
Completion dates
oldest 2007-06; newest 2022-09-09
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Trial

  • NCT01005342
    2007-06
  • NCT02194972
    2012-10
  • NCT02270268
    2013-10
  • NCT02379624
    2015-01
  • NCT02376270
    2016-05
  • NCT06580132
    2022-09-09

At the median, Pectin's trials enrolled 61.5 people — anything larger?


Median enrolment
61.5
Largest enrolment
125
Registered trials counted
16

Was Pectin studied with exercise?


exercise is named in Pectin's label sentences: "PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, SPORTDiscus, and Google Scholar were searched for randomized controlled trials (2000-2025) comparing alginate- or alginate-pectin-based hydrogels with non-hydrogel carbohydrate or placebo during ≥60-min endurance exercise." openfda-label+europepmc · 2026-04-10

1 recorded statement; exercise

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  • exercise
    PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, SPORTDiscus, and Google Scholar were searched for randomized controlled trials (2000-2025) comparing alginate- or alginate-pectin-based hydrogels with non-hydrogel carbohydrate or placebo during ≥60-min endurance exercise.

recorded 2026-04-10 · last checked 2026-09-04

What is recorded about Pectin and mTOR?


"In this study, we combined malvidin-3-O-galactoside (M3G)<sup>1</sup> derived from blueberries with pectin (PEC)<sup>2</sup> to form an anthocyanin-pectin complex (M3G-PEC),<sup>3</sup> the anti-fibrotic effects of which were examined by administering to mice with modeled pulmonary fibrosis induced by silica particles (SP).<sup>4</sup>…" — where Pectin and mTOR appear together. Europe PMC · pathway abstract search · 2025-02-25

mTOR, autophagy, AMPK; PMID 40023066, 38058641, 38236457, 40076626

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  • mTOR PMID 40023066
    "In this study, we combined malvidin-3-O-galactoside (M3G)<sup>1</sup> derived from blueberries with pectin (PEC)<sup>2</sup> to form an anthocyanin-pectin complex (M3G-PEC),<sup>3</sup> the anti-fibrotic effects of which were examined by administering to mice with modeled pulmonary fibrosis induced by silica particles (SP).<sup>4</sup> METHODS: To evaluate the therapeutic effects and mechanisms…"

autophagy

  • PMID 40023066
    "In this study, we combined malvidin-3-O-galactoside (M3G)<sup>1</sup> derived from blueberries with pectin (PEC)<sup>2</sup> to form an anthocyanin-pectin complex (M3G-PEC),<sup>3</sup> the anti-fibrotic effects of which were examined by administering to mice with modeled pulmonary fibrosis induced by silica particles (SP).<sup>4</sup> METHODS: To evaluate the therapeutic effects and mechanisms…"
  • PMID 38058641
    "Pectin has been found to modulate different mechanisms involved in the onset and progression of carcinogenesis, such as galectin-3 inhibition, caspase-3-induced apoptosis, and autophagy."
  • AMPK PMID 38236457
    "The current study tested the effects of free DX, DX-loaded calcium phosphate (DX@CaP), and pectin-coated DX@CaP (Pec/DX@CaP) nanoparticles on the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced neuroinflammation in mice and to identify the role of adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in this effect."
  • mTOR PMID 40076626
    "Hypotheses on putative mechanisms of anti-inflammatory fiber effects include a direct impact on immune cells (e.g., for pectin), fermentation to pleiotropic short-chain fatty acids (for fermentable fiber only), modulation of the gut microbiome towards higher levels of diversity, changes in bile acid metabolism, a differential release of gut hormones (such as the glucose-dependent insulinotropic…"
  • autophagy PMID 36809724
    "Pathways were activated, including autophagy, the mitogen-activated protein kinase, and pectin degradation."

recorded 2025-02-25 · last checked 2026-09-04

Where it is registered
Identifiers, relations and other names

The exact record

ChEMBL id
CHEMBL2108751
CAS number
9000-69-5
RxCUI
32987
Also called
Apple pectin, Citrus pectin, Pectin, apple, Pectin, citrus, Pectins, PECTIN [II], PECTIN [USP MONOGRAPH], PECTIN [VANDF], PECTINS [FCC], Pectin [WHO-DD]
Development code
E-440, INS-440, INS NO.440
Trade name
Quality Choice Throat Soothing Drops Creamy Strawberry, Sootheez Berry Lemonade, Ludens Wild Cherry Throat Drops, Sootheez Watermelon Mint, Ludens Watermelon Throat Drops, Leader Throat Soothing Drops Creamy Strawberry, Lolleez Watermelon, Breezers Cool Berry, Breezers Creamy Strawberry, Lolleez Orange Mango, Ludens Honey Lemon, Sootheez Birthday Cake
Salt form
THROAT SOOTHING CREAMY STRAWBERRY
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