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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2017

Antibiofilm and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of

Yasuko Sekita, Keiji Murakami, Hiromichi Yumoto, Kouji Hirao, Takashi Amoh, Natsumi Fujiwara, Katsuhiko Hirota, Hideki Fujii, Takashi Matsuo, Yoichiro Miyake and 1 more

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yasuko SekitaDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima 770-8505, Japan.
Keiji MurakamiDepartment of Oral Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima 770-8504, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3940-0840
Hiromichi YumotoDepartment of Conservative Dentistry, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima 770-8504, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8659-9776
Kouji HiraoDepartment of Conservative Dentistry, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima 770-8504, Japan.
Takashi AmohDepartment of Oral Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima 770-8504, Japan.
Natsumi FujiwaraDepartment of Oral Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima 770-8504, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-9020-9478
Katsuhiko HirotaDepartment of Oral Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima 770-8504, Japan.
Hideki FujiiDepartment of Oral Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima 770-8504, Japan.
Takashi MatsuoDepartment of Conservative Dentistry, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima 770-8504, Japan.
Yoichiro MiyakeDepartment of Oral Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima 770-8504, Japan.
Yoshiki KashiwadaDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima 770-8505, Japan.
Tokushima University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dental biofilms that form in the oral cavity play a critical role in the pathogenesis of several infectious oral diseases, including dental caries, periodontal disease, and oral candidiasis.

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PMID29234378
PMCPMC5662838
OpenAlexW2765574599

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