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ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Fast and Cost-Effective Biochemical Spectrophotometric Analysis of Solution of Insect "Blood" and Body Surface Elution.

Aleksandra Łoś, Aneta Strachecka

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Review in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 55 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aleksandra ŁośFaculty of Biology, Animal Sciences and Bioeconomy, Institute of Biological Basis of Animal Production, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 13, 20950 Lublin, Poland. los-aleksandra@o2.pl.ORCID 0000-0002-3262-6185
Aneta StracheckaFaculty of Biology, Animal Sciences and Bioeconomy, Institute of Biological Basis of Animal Production, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 13, 20950 Lublin, Poland. aneta.strachecka@up.lublin.pl.ORCID 0000-0003-1313-9880
University of Life Sciences in Lublin · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Using insect hemolymph ("blood") and insect body surface elutions, researchers can perform rapid and cheap biochemical analyses to determine the insect's immunology status. The authors of this publication describe a detailed methodology for a quick marking of the concentration of total proteins and evaluation of the proteolytic system activity (acid, neutral, and alkaline proteases and protease inhibitors), as well as a methodology for quick "liver" tests in insects: alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and urea and glucose concentration analyses. The meaning and examples of an interpretation of the results of the presented methodology for biochemical parameter determination are described for the example of honey bees.

Indexed as

SpectrophotometryAlkaline PhosphataseAnimalsBeesFat BodyHemolymphInsect ProteinsPeptide HydrolasesProtease InhibitorsTransaminasesAlkaline PhosphataseInsect ProteinsPeptide HydrolasesProtease InhibitorsTransaminasesabsorbanceactivitybiochemical parametershemolymphimmunologyprotease inhibitorsproteasesproteolytic systemresistancesurface proteins

Identifiers

PMID29747455
PMCPMC5981391
OpenAlexW2802866682

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