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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Evaluation of the Mitragynine Content, Levels of Toxic Metals and the Presence of Microbes in Kratom Products Purchased in the Western Suburbs of Chicago.

Walter C Prozialeck, Joshua R Edwards, Peter C Lamar, Balbina J Plotkin, Ira M Sigar, Oliver Grundmann, Charles A Veltri

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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, 49 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Walter C ProzialeckDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, 555 31st Street, Downers Grove, IL 60515, USA.
Joshua R EdwardsDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, 555 31st Street, Downers Grove, IL 60515, USA.
Peter C LamarDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, 555 31st Street, Downers Grove, IL 60515, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5702-2257
Balbina J PlotkinDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, 555 31st Street, Downers Grove, IL 60515, USA.
Ira M SigarDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, 555 31st Street, Downers Grove, IL 60515, USA.
Oliver GrundmannDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy Glendale, Midwestern University, 19555 N. 59th Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85308, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2302-8949
Charles A VeltriDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy Glendale, Midwestern University, 19555 N. 59th Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85308, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7626-1555
Midwestern University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kratom (

Indexed as

MitragynaSecologanin Tryptamine AlkaloidsChicagoMetalsPlant LeavesUnited StatesMetalsmitragynineSecologanin Tryptamine AlkaloidsCrkratommetalsmicrobesNiPbSalmonella

Identifiers

PMID32751712
PMCPMC7432033
OpenAlexW3046075171

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