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ArticleIET nanobiotechnology2020

Effects of saponin capped triangular silver nanocrystals on the germination of

Babli Debnath, Sumit Sarkar, Ratan Das

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Article in IET nanobiotechnology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 50% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Babli DebnathNano-Physics & Nanotechnology Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, Tripura University, Tripura, India.
Sumit SarkarDirectorate of Biotechnology, Department of Science, Technology & Environment, Tripura, India.
Ratan DasNano-Physics & Nanotechnology Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, Tripura University, Tripura, India. dasratanphy@gmail.com.
Tripura University · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, saponin capped triangular silver nanocrystals have been synthesised using fenugreek seed extract, where the extract acts both as a reducing and capping agent. X-ray diffraction study confirms the purity and crystalline nature of the prepared nanocrystals and transmission electron microscopic study shows the triangular morphology with the average edge length of 72 nm, along with the atomic force microscopy study for the height or the width of the triangular nanocrystals. These nanocrystals have been investigated against a few pulses (seeds) such as

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SaponinsSilverFabaceaeGerminationMetal NanoparticlesPlant ExtractsPlant RootsPlant ShootsPlant ExtractsSaponinsSilver

Identifiers

PMID31935674
PMCPMC8676523
OpenAlexW2979317160

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