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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2016

Inhibition of Urease by Disulfiram, an FDA-Approved Thiol Reagent Used in Humans.

Ángel Gabriel Díaz-Sánchez, Emilio Alvarez-Parrilla, Alejandro Martínez-Martínez, Luis Aguirre-Reyes, Jesica Aline Orozpe-Olvera, Miguel Armando Ramos-Soto, José Alberto Núñez-Gastélum, Bonifacio Alvarado-Tenorio, Laura Alejandra de la Rosa

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ángel Gabriel Díaz-SánchezDepartamento de Ciencias Químico-Biológicas, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 32310, Mexico. angel.diaz@uacj.mx.
Emilio Alvarez-ParrillaDepartamento de Ciencias Químico-Biológicas, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 32310, Mexico. ealvarez@uacj.mx.
Alejandro Martínez-MartínezDepartamento de Ciencias Químico-Biológicas, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 32310, Mexico. alejandro.martinez@uacj.mx.
Luis Aguirre-ReyesDepartamento de Ciencias Químico-Biológicas, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 32310, Mexico. laraguirre30@gmail.com.
Jesica Aline Orozpe-OlveraDepartamento de Ciencias Químico-Biológicas, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 32310, Mexico. al113457@alumnos.uacj.mx.
Miguel Armando Ramos-SotoDepartamento de Ciencias Químico-Biológicas, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 32310, Mexico. al113429@alumnos.uacj.mx.
José Alberto Núñez-GastélumDepartamento de Ciencias Químico-Biológicas, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 32310, Mexico. jose.nunez@uacj.mx.
Bonifacio Alvarado-TenorioDepartamento de Ciencias Químico-Biológicas, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 32310, Mexico. bonifacio.alvarado@uacj.mx.
Laura Alejandra de la RosaDepartamento de Ciencias Químico-Biológicas, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 32310, Mexico. ldelaros@uacj.mx.
Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Urease is a nickel-dependent amidohydrolase that catalyses the decomposition of urea into carbamate and ammonia, a reaction that constitutes an important source of nitrogen for bacteria, fungi and plants. It is recognized as a potential antimicrobial target with an impact on medicine, agriculture, and the environment. The list of possible urease inhibitors is continuously increasing, with a special interest in those that interact with and block the flexible active site flap. We show that disulfiram inhibits urease in

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DisulfiramDrug ApprovalEnzyme InhibitorsKineticsSulfhydryl ReagentsUnited StatesUnited States Food and Drug AdministrationUreaseDisulfiramEnzyme InhibitorsSulfhydryl ReagentsUreasedisulfiraminhibitionurease

Identifiers

PMID27898047
PMCPMC6274061
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