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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2021

Antimicrobial Activity and Proposed Action Mechanism of Linalool Against

Fengyu Guo, Qianping Chen, Qiong Liang, Ming Zhang, Wenxue Chen, Haiming Chen, Yonghuan Yun, Qiuping Zhong, Weijun Chen

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers.

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67citing papers in PubMed
15.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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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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

67 citing papers in PubMed, 147 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

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fengyu GuoCollege of Food Science and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou, China.
Qianping ChenCollege of Food Science and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou, China.
Qiong LiangCollege of Food Science and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou, China.
Ming ZhangCollege of Food Science and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou, China.
Wenxue ChenCollege of Food Science and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou, China.
Haiming ChenCollege of Food Science and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou, China.
Yonghuan YunCollege of Food Science and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou, China.
Qiuping ZhongCollege of Food Science and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou, China.
Weijun ChenCollege of Food Science and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou, China.
Hainan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, linalool, one of the principal components of essential oils, was used as an antibacterial agent to investigate the antibacterial activity and mechanism of linalool against

Indexed as

antibacterial mechanismlinaloolmembrane damagemetabolic respirationPseudomonas fluorescensTCA cycle

Identifiers

PMID33584604
PMCPMC7875898
OpenAlexW3123137652

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