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ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2021

Insect Derived Lauric Acid as Promising Alternative Strategy to Antibiotics in the Antimicrobial Resistance Scenario.

Luca Borrelli, Lorena Varriale, Ludovico Dipineto, Antonino Pace, Lucia F Menna, Alessandro Fioretti

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Review 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 42 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
42citing papers in PubMed
19.8field-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

42 citing papers in PubMed, 136 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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Luca BorrelliDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Lorena VarrialeDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Ludovico DipinetoDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Antonino PaceDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Lucia F MennaDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Alessandro FiorettiDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.
University of Naples Federico II · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibiotic misuse is greatly contributing to an increase in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in humans and animals. Natural and synthetic alternative strategies are being investigated in human and veterinary medicine, but little attention is paid to the antimicrobial effects of edible lipids, such as medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs) and monoglycerides. Among MCFAs, lauric acid (LA) and its monoglyceride derivative, glycerol monolaurate (GML), exhibit the strongest antimicrobial activity. Coconut and palm kernel oils are considered the main sources of LA. On the other hand, some edible insects (e.g.,

Indexed as

Hermetia illucenslauric acidMCFAsnovel antimicrobial lipidspost-antibiotic epoch

Identifiers

PMID33717009
PMCPMC7952302
OpenAlexW3135369628

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