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ArticlePharmacognosy magazine

Anti-Quorum Sensing Activity of

An Zhang, Wei-Hua Chu

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Article in Pharmacognosy magazine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 19 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

An ZhangDepartment of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, School of Life Science and Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Wei-Hua ChuDepartment of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, School of Life Science and Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
China Pharmaceutical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundQuorum sensing (QS) plays an important role in the production of virulence factors and pathogenicity in

objectiveIn this study, we selected MATERIALS AND

methodsAnti-QS of

resultsFSE could obviously inhibit the violacein production in SUMMARY:

Indexed as

biofilmForsythia suspensePseudomonas aeruginosaquorum sensingvirulence factors

Identifiers

PMID28539728
PMCPMC5421433
OpenAlexW2606280789

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