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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2020

Antibacterial effect of chitosan and its derivative on

Nan Wang, Yanjing Ji, Yanli Zhu, Xinyi Wu, Li Mei, Hongzhe Zhang, Jing Deng, Shuai Wang

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nan WangDepartment of Stomatology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266003, P.R. China.
Yanjing JiDepartment of Stomatology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266003, P.R. China.
Yanli ZhuDepartment of Stomatology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266003, P.R. China.
Xinyi WuDepartment of Operative Dentistry and Endodontics, School of Stomatology, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266003, P.R. China.
Li MeiDepartment of Operative Dentistry and Endodontics, School of Stomatology, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266003, P.R. China.
Hongzhe ZhangDepartment of Stomatology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266003, P.R. China.
Jing DengDepartment of Stomatology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266003, P.R. China.
Shuai WangDepartment of Stomatology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266003, P.R. China.
Qingdao University · CNAffiliated Hospital of Qingdao University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chitosan and its derivatives have been increasingly used for bacteriostasis. To date, the effect of chitosan and

Indexed as

antimicrobial mechanismbacterial biofilmchitosanEnterococcus faecalisquaternary chitosanroot canal disinfection

Identifiers

PMID32346445
PMCPMC7185077
OpenAlexW3015469152

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