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ArticleBioactive materials2018

Antibacterial forsterite (Mg

Rajan Choudhary, Ankita Chatterjee, Senthil Kumar Venkatraman, Sivasankar Koppala, Jayanthi Abraham, Sasikumar Swamiappan

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Article in Bioactive materials, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 68 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Rajan ChoudharyDepartment of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Vellore, 632014, Tamil Nadu, India.
Ankita ChatterjeeMicrobial Biotechnology Laboratory, School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore, 632014, Tamil Nadu, India.
Senthil Kumar VenkatramanDepartment of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Vellore, 632014, Tamil Nadu, India.
Sivasankar KoppalaFaculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, Yunnan Province, PR China.
Jayanthi AbrahamMicrobial Biotechnology Laboratory, School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore, 632014, Tamil Nadu, India.
Sasikumar SwamiappanDepartment of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Vellore, 632014, Tamil Nadu, India.
Vellore Institute of Technology University · INKunming University of Science and Technology · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the current work, forsterite samples with different surface area were investigated for its antibacterial activity. Dissolution studies show that the lower degradation of forsterite compared to other silicate bioceramics, which is a desirable property for repairing bone defects. Forsterite scaffold shows superior compressive strength than the cortical bone after immersion in simulated body fluid. Bactericidal tests indicate that the forsterite had inhibition effect on the growth of clinical bacterial isolates. Forsterite may be a suitable candidate material for load bearing applications with enhanced mechanical properties and lower degradation rate.

Indexed as

AntibacterialBoneDissolutionMagnesium silicateMechanical stability

Identifiers

PMID29744460
PMCPMC5935788
OpenAlexW2796070571

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