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ArticleJournal of pathogens2018

Nonphotodynamic Roles of Methylene Blue: Display of Distinct Antimycobacterial and Anticandidal Mode of Actions.

Rahul Pal, Moiz A Ansari, Venkata Saibabu, Shrayanee Das, Zeeshan Fatima, Saif Hameed

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Article in Journal of pathogens, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Methylene blue inhibits replication of SARS-CoV-2 in vitro.International journal of antimicrobial agents · 2020
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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

6 authors.

Rahul PalAmity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Haryana, Manesar, Gurugram 122413, India.
Moiz A AnsariAmity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Haryana, Manesar, Gurugram 122413, India.
Venkata SaibabuAmity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Haryana, Manesar, Gurugram 122413, India.
Shrayanee DasAmity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Haryana, Manesar, Gurugram 122413, India.ORCID 0000-0003-0529-8902
Zeeshan FatimaAmity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Haryana, Manesar, Gurugram 122413, India.ORCID 0000-0002-5084-4450
Saif HameedAmity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Haryana, Manesar, Gurugram 122413, India.ORCID 0000-0002-6477-1870

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Significance of methylene blue (MB) in photodynamic therapy against microbes is well established. Previously, we have reported the antifungal potential of MB against

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PMID29666708
PMCPMC5831920
OpenAlexW2786378671

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