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Article3 Biotech2018

Usnic acid causes apoptotic-like death in

Mehmet Kürşat Derici, Demet Cansaran-Duman, Ayşegül Taylan-Özkan

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Article in 3 Biotech, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mehmet Kürşat Derici1Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Pharmacology, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Turkey.
Demet Cansaran-Duman2System Biotechnology Advance Research Unit, Biotechnology Institute, Ankara University, Tandogan, Ankara, Turkey.
Ayşegül Taylan-Özkan3Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Hitit University, Çorum, Turkey.
Ankara University · TRHitit Üniversitesi · TRKırıkkale University · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leishmaniasis, a deadly parasitic infection, threatens many people worldwide. Since the high cost, toxicity, and resistance are drawbacks of current treatment options, it is necessary to find safer and more effective new antileishmanial drugs. The aim of this study was to determine the antileishmanial activity of usnic acid and its apoptotic mechanism on

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ApoptosisLeishmaniaLichenqRT-PCRUsnic acid

Identifiers

PMID30148034
PMCPMC6107478
OpenAlexW2888172872

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