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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2018

Antibacterial Activities of Five Medicinal Plants in Ethiopia against Some Human and Animal Pathogens.

Gebremedhin Romha, Birhanu Admasu, Tsegaye Hiwot Gebrekidan, Hailelule Aleme, Gebreyohans Gebru

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Gebremedhin RomhaDepartment of Animal Production and Technology, College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0002-3115-8121
Birhanu AdmasuDepartment of Animal and Range Science, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia.
Tsegaye Hiwot GebrekidanDepartment of Chemistry, College of Natural and Computational Science, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia.
Hailelule AlemeDepartment of Animal and Range Science, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0003-3382-2580
Gebreyohans GebruDepartment of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture, Aksum University, Shire Campus, Shire, Ethiopia.
Dilla University · ETAdigrat University · ETAksum University · ET

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the

resultsThe highest mean zone of inhibition (4.66 mm) was recorded from methanol extract of

conclusionThe results of the present study support the traditional uses of these medicinal plants by the local healers. Except

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PMID29552081
PMCPMC5820657
OpenAlexW2782608289

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