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ArticleMicroorganisms2020

Thymol Inhibits Biofilm Formation, Eliminates Pre-Existing Biofilms, and Enhances Clearance of Methicillin-Resistant

Zhongwei Yuan, Yuyun Dai, Ping Ouyang, Tayyab Rehman, Sajjad Hussain, Tianyi Zhang, Zhongqiong Yin, Hualin Fu, Juchun Lin, Changliang He and 7 more

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Article in Microorganisms, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 61 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

17 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhongwei YuanCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agriculture University, Huimin Lu 211, Wenjiang 611130, China.
Yuyun DaiCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agriculture University, Huimin Lu 211, Wenjiang 611130, China.
Ping OuyangCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agriculture University, Huimin Lu 211, Wenjiang 611130, China.
Tayyab RehmanCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agriculture University, Huimin Lu 211, Wenjiang 611130, China.
Sajjad HussainCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agriculture University, Huimin Lu 211, Wenjiang 611130, China.
Tianyi ZhangCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agriculture University, Huimin Lu 211, Wenjiang 611130, China.
Zhongqiong YinCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agriculture University, Huimin Lu 211, Wenjiang 611130, China.
Hualin FuCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agriculture University, Huimin Lu 211, Wenjiang 611130, China.
Juchun LinCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agriculture University, Huimin Lu 211, Wenjiang 611130, China.
Changliang HeCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agriculture University, Huimin Lu 211, Wenjiang 611130, China.
Cheng LvCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agriculture University, Huimin Lu 211, Wenjiang 611130, China.
Xiaoxia LiangCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agriculture University, Huimin Lu 211, Wenjiang 611130, China.
Gang ShuCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agriculture University, Huimin Lu 211, Wenjiang 611130, China.
Xu SongCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agriculture University, Huimin Lu 211, Wenjiang 611130, China.
Lixia LiCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agriculture University, Huimin Lu 211, Wenjiang 611130, China.
Yuanfeng ZouCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agriculture University, Huimin Lu 211, Wenjiang 611130, China.
Lizi YinCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agriculture University, Huimin Lu 211, Wenjiang 611130, China.
Sichuan Agricultural University · CN

Funding

Double subject construction plan of Sichuan Agriculture University 03571444National Natural Science Foundation of China 31702284Sichuan Veterinary Medicine and Drug Innovation Group of China Agricultural Research System CARS-SVDIP
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Methicillin-resistant

Indexed as

antibiotic resistancebiofilmeDNAMRSAPIAthymolvancomycin

Identifiers

PMID31936809
PMCPMC7023310
OpenAlexW2999958231

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