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ReviewMarine drugs2016

Antimicrobials from Cnidarians. A New Perspective for Anti-Infective Therapy?

Gian Luigi Mariottini, Irwin Darren Grice

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Review in Marine drugs, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. A Sea AnemoneToxins · 2022
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  13. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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  15. The JellyfishMarine drugs · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Gian Luigi MariottiniDepartment of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV 5, Genova I-16132, Italy. gian.luigi.mariottini@unige.it.
Irwin Darren GriceInstitute for Glycomics and School of Medical Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Parklands Drive, Southport 4222, Queensland, Australia. d.grice@griffith.edu.au.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability of microbes to counter the scientific and therapeutic advancements achieved during the second half of the twentieth century to provide effective disease treatments is currently a significant challenge for researchers in biology and medicine. The discovery of antibiotics, and the subsequent development of synthetic antimicrobial compounds, altered our therapeutic approach towards infectious diseases, and improved the quality and length of life for humans and other organisms. The current alarming rise in cases of antibiotic-resistance has forced biomedical researchers to explore new ways to recognize and/or produce new antimicrobials or to find other approaches for existing therapeutics. Aquatic organisms are known to be a source of compounds having the potential to play a role in fighting the battle against pathogenic microbes. In this connection, cnidarians occupy a pre-eminent role. Over the past few decades several studies have explored the antimicrobial/antibiotic properties of cnidarian extracts with the aim of isolating compounds possessing useful therapeutic features. This paper aims to review the existing data on this subject, taking into account the possible utilization of identified compounds.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Infective AgentsCnidariaDrug DesignDrug DiscoveryDrug Resistance, MicrobialHumansAnti-Infective Agentsantibioticsanti-infective therapyantimicrobialsCnidariadrug discovery

Identifiers

PMID27005633
PMCPMC4820302

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