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ArticlePharmaceutics2020

Biogenic Silver Nanoparticles Decorated with Methylene Blue Potentiated the Photodynamic Inactivation of

Paramanantham Parasuraman, Thamanna R Y, Chitra Shaji, Alok Sharan, Ali H Bahkali, Helal F Al-Harthi, Asad Syed, V T Anju, Madhu Dyavaiah, Busi Siddhardha

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.5field-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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 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

10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Paramanantham ParasuramanDepartment of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry 605014, India.
Thamanna R YDepartment of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry 605014, India.
Chitra ShajiDepartment of Physics, School of Physical, Chemical & Applied Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry 605014, India.
Alok SharanDepartment of Physics, School of Physical, Chemical & Applied Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry 605014, India.
Ali H BahkaliDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O.Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Helal F Al-HarthiDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O.Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Asad SyedDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O.Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
V T AnjuDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry 605014, India.
Madhu DyavaiahDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry 605014, India.
Busi SiddhardhaDepartment of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry 605014, India.
Pondicherry University · INKing Saud University · SA

Funding

King Saud University RSP-2020/15
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The persistence of multidrug resistance among microorganisms has directed a mandate towards a hunt for the development of alternative therapeutic modalities. In this context, antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) is sprouted as a novel strategy to mitigate biofilms and planktonic cells of pathogens. Nanoparticles (NPs) are reported with unique intrinsic and antimicrobial properties. Therefore, silver NPs (AgNPs) were investigated in this study to determine their ability to potentiate the aPDT of photosensitizer against

Indexed as

anti-biofilmantimicrobial photodynamic inactivationmethylene bluemultidrug resistancesilver nanoparticles

Identifiers

PMID32751176
PMCPMC7464252
OpenAlexW3045980479

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