Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33441811›Full record

ArticleScientific reports2021

Green synthesis of selenium nanoparticles mediated from Ceropegia bulbosa Roxb extract and its cytotoxicity, antimicrobial, mosquitocidal and photocatalytic activities.

Vetrivel Cittrarasu, Durairaj Kaliannan, Kalaimurugan Dharman, Viji Maluventhen, Murugesh Easwaran, Wen Chao Liu, Balamuralikrishnan Balasubramanian, Maruthupandian Arumugam

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
78citing papers in PubMed
24.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

78 citing papers in PubMed, 274 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Phytosynthesis of Selenium Nanoparticles fromAnti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry · 2026
    Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article

18 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Vetrivel CittrarasuEthnopharmacology and Algal Biotechnology Division, Department of Botany, School of Life Sciences, Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, 636011, India.
Durairaj KaliannanDepartment of Environmental Science, School of Life Sciences, Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, 636011, India.
Kalaimurugan DharmanDepartment of Environmental Science, School of Life Sciences, Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, 636011, India.
Viji MaluventhenDepartment of Botany, Thiagarajar College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, 625 099, India.
Murugesh EaswaranNutritional Improvement of Crops, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110067, India.
Wen Chao LiuDepartment of Animal Science, College of Coastal Agricultural Sciences, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, P. R. China. liuwc@gdou.edu.cn.
Balamuralikrishnan BalasubramanianDepartment of Food Science and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea. geneticsmurali@gmail.com.
Maruthupandian ArumugamEthnopharmacology and Algal Biotechnology Division, Department of Botany, School of Life Sciences, Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, 636011, India. maruthumdu82@gmail.com.
Periyar University · INGuangdong Ocean University · CNInternational Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology · INMadurai Medical College · INSejong University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study is to design an eco-friendly mode to rapidly synthesize selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) through Ceropegia bulbosa tuber's aqueous extracts and confirming SeNPs synthesis by UV-Vis spectroscopy, FT-IR, XRD, FE-SEM-EDS mapping, HR-TEM, DLS and zeta potential analysis. In addition, to assess the anti-cancer efficacy of the SeNPs against the cultured MDA-MB-231, as studies have shown SeNPs biosynthesis downregulates the cancer cells when compared to normal HBL100 cell lines. The study observed the IC

Indexed as

AedesAnimalsAnti-Infective AgentsApocynaceaeBRCA2 ProteinBreast NeoplasmsCatalysisCell Line, TumorFemaleGreen Chemistry TechnologyHumansInsecticidesMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionNanoparticlesPhotochemical ProcessesAnti-Infective AgentsBRCA2 ProteinBRCA2 protein, humanInsecticidesPlant ExtractsSelenium

Identifiers

PMID33441811
PMCPMC7806947
OpenAlexW3119510146

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.