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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Allicin, the Odor of Freshly Crushed Garlic: A Review of Recent Progress in Understanding Allicin's Effects on Cells.

Jan Borlinghaus, Jana Foerster Née Reiter, Ulrike Kappler, Haike Antelmann, Ulrike Noll, Martin C H Gruhlke, Alan J Slusarenko

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In one paragraph

Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed
14.2field-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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 90 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 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jan BorlinghausDepartment of Plant Physiology, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany.
Jana Foerster Née ReiterDepartment of Plant Physiology, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany.
Ulrike KapplerSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia.
Haike AntelmannInstitute of Biology-Microbiology, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1766-4386
Ulrike NollDepartment of Plant Physiology, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany.
Martin C H GruhlkeDepartment of Plant Physiology, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany.
Alan J SlusarenkoDepartment of Plant Physiology, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3311-5878
RWTH Aachen University · DEFreie Universität Berlin · DEThe University of Queensland · AU

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SPP1710 project AN746/4-2ERC Consolidator Grant GA 615585National Health and Medical Research Council GNT1158451RWTH Aachen University RFwN Ph.D. stipendium
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The volatile organic sulfur compound allicin (diallyl thiosulfinate) is produced as a defense substance when garlic (

Indexed as

AntioxidantsBacteriaDisulfidesGarlicGlutathioneKelch-Like ECH-Associated Protein 1NF-E2-Related Factor 2Oxidation-ReductionOxidative StressPlant ExtractsSulfhydryl CompoundsSulfinic AcidsallicinAntioxidantsDisulfidesGlutathioneKelch-Like ECH-Associated Protein 1NF-E2-Related Factor 2Plant ExtractsSulfhydryl CompoundsSulfinic AcidsapoptosisArabidopsiscancerDNA gyraseglutathioneglutathione reductaseHaemophilus influenzaeKeap1-Nrf2lung pathogensornithine decarboxylaseTRPA1Yap1yeast

Identifiers

PMID33801955
PMCPMC8001868
OpenAlexW3135273101

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