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ArticleSaudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society2020

Evaluation of antibacterial properties of

Irfan Ahmad, Shadma Wahab, Nazima Nisar, Ayed A Dera, Mohammad Y Alshahrani, Shahabe Saquib Abullias, Safia Irfan, Mohammad Mahtab Alam, Saurabh Srivastava

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Article in Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Irfan AhmadDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Shadma WahabDepartment of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Nazima NisarDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Ayed A DeraDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad Y AlshahraniDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Shahabe Saquib AbulliasDepartment of Periodontics and Community Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia.
Safia IrfanDepartment of Biosciences, Faculty of Sciences, Integral University, Lucknow, UP, India.
Mohammad Mahtab AlamDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Saurabh SrivastavaDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Era College of Pahrmacy, Era University, Lucknow, UP, India.
King Khalid University · SAEra's Lucknow Medical College and Hospital · INIntegral University · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChronic periodontitis has an interplay between different species of bacteria found in dental biofilms act a crucial role in pathogenesis and disease progression. The existing antibacterial therapy is inadequate, associated with many side effects as well as evolving multidrug resistance. Hence, novel drugs development with minimum or no toxicity is an immediate priority.

methodsAntibacterial efficacy of ethanolic extract of

results

conclusionThese results reveal for the first time that the

Indexed as

Antibacterial activityBiofilmM. aureaPeriodontal diseaseRed complex bacteria

Identifiers

PMID33132714
PMCPMC7584800
OpenAlexW3049357897

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