Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/BioCell Collagen


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The result was   delete.  → Call me  Hahc  21  22:26, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

BioCell Collagen

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Fails WP:PRODUCT. I can't find any significant coverage. References have been added since I PRODed it, but these are passing mentions. SmartSE (talk) 00:14, 18 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Comment ( ping User:Smartse) - How do you perceive this seven page source (presently in the Wikipedia article) about the topic as only consisting of passing mentions? This is significant coverage.
 * – NorthAmerica1000 00:19, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
 * That research was funded by the company and therefore is not independent. SmartSE (talk) 12:02, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
 * That research was funded by the company and therefore is not independent. SmartSE (talk) 12:02, 18 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep - Passes WP:GNG per Some sources:
 * "Ingestion of BioCell Collagen, a novel hydrolyzed chicken sternal cartilage extract; enhanced blood microcirculation and reduced facial aging signs". Clinical Interventions in Aging.
 * "Effect of the Novel Low Molecular Weight Hydrolyzed Chicken Sternal Cartilage Extract, BioCell Collagen, on Improving Osteoarthritis-Related Symptoms: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial". Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry.
 * "Acute and subchronic oral toxicity studies in rats of a hydrolyzed chicken sternal cartilage preparation". Food and Chemical Toxicology.
 * "Effects of Resveratrol and Collagen Supplementation on Facial Aging". Natural Medicine Journal. (The official journal of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians)
 * – NorthAmerica1000 00:39, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
 * These were also all funded by the company. As primary research papers, they are also not very useful as sources per WP:MEDRS. SmartSE (talk) 12:02, 18 March 2014 (UTC)


 *  Keep  per Northamerica1000's reliable source finds. I'm not sure about the Natural Medicine Journal, but the other journals look reputable. --Mark viking (talk) 03:35, 18 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Comment Reading the WP article gives no clue as to what "BioCell Collagen" is, other than its composition: at the very least the article should mention that it is a (commercial) dietary supplement. (As in sentence 2 of the abstract of http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3426261/ ) Imaginatorium (talk) 05:43, 18 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Note I've asked members of WP:MED to take a look. SmartSE (talk) 12:06, 18 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Comment-- the sources pasted above by Northamerica1000 are not reliable per SmartSE's comments. Need independent secondary and tertiary sources. Lesion  ( talk ) 12:25, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete Entire based on primary sources. No evidence of notability. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 12:43, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:33, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:33, 18 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Comment - I have struck my keep !vote above per the discourse that has occurred here. NorthAmerica1000 20:20, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment I have struck my keep recommendation, too, based on new evidence that these sources may be reliable, but are not independent. Thanks for digging into this, SmartSE. --Mark viking (talk) 21:06, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
 * No problem. Thanks for taking another look. SmartSE (talk) 14:32, 19 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete - per all of the above, sources providing significant coverage are primary in nature, and third-party sources are only providing passing mentions. NorthAmerica1000 14:43, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
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