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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2020

Berberine Damages the Cell Surface of Methicillin-Resistant

Xiujuan Zhang, Xiaoying Sun, Jiaxin Wu, Yue Wu, Yali Wang, Xiaoqing Hu, Xiaoyuan Wang

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
38citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

38 citing papers in PubMed, 64 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

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Xiujuan ZhangState Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Xiaoying SunState Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Jiaxin WuState Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Yue WuSchool of Food Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, China.
Yali WangKey Laboratory of Quality and Standard Research of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Gansu Province, Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, China.
Xiaoqing HuState Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Xiaoyuan WangState Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology · CNGansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNJiangnan University · CNWuhan Polytechnic University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Methicillin-resistant

Indexed as

berberinecell surfacedamagefatty acidsintegrityStaphylococcus aureus

Identifiers

PMID32411101
PMCPMC7198732
OpenAlexW3022156164

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