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ReviewAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Antibiotics: Conventional Therapy and Natural Compounds with Antibacterial Activity-A Pharmaco-Toxicological Screening.

Daniel Florin Pancu, Alexandra Scurtu, Ioana Gabriela Macasoi, Daniela Marti, Marius Mioc, Codruta Soica, Dorina Coricovac, Delia Horhat, Marioara Poenaru, Cristina Dehelean

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In one paragraph

Review in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
74citing papers in PubMed
18.8field-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

74 citing papers in PubMed, 214 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Mechanism, Efficacy, and Safety of Natural Antibiotics.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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14 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

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Daniel Florin PancuFaculty of Medicine, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 1, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-0440-6265
Alexandra ScurtuFaculty of Pharmacy, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 2, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-7718-4168
Ioana Gabriela MacasoiFaculty of Pharmacy, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 2, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.
Daniela MartiFaculty of Medicine, Western University Vasile Goldis Arad, 94 Revolutiei Blvd., 310025 Arad, Romania.
Marius MiocFaculty of Pharmacy, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 2, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.
Codruta SoicaFaculty of Pharmacy, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 2, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.
Dorina CoricovacFaculty of Pharmacy, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 2, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-5760-8872
Delia HorhatFaculty of Medicine, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 1, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-7210-1263
Marioara PoenaruFaculty of Medicine, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 1, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.
Cristina DeheleanFaculty of Pharmacy, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 2, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.
Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara · ROVasile Goldis Western University of Arad · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibiotics are considered as a cornerstone of modern medicine and their discovery offers the resolution to the infectious diseases problem. However, the excessive use of antibiotics worldwide has generated a critical public health issue and the bacterial resistance correlated with antibiotics inefficiency is still unsolved. Finding novel therapeutic approaches to overcome bacterial resistance is imperative, and natural compounds with antibacterial effects could be considered a promising option. The role played by antibiotics in tumorigenesis and their interrelation with the microbiota are still debatable and are far from being elucidated. Thus, the present manuscript offers a global perspective on antibiotics in terms of evolution from a historical perspective with an emphasis on the main classes of antibiotics and their adverse effects. It also highlights the connection between antibiotics and microbiota, focusing on the dual role played by antibiotics in tumorigenesis. In addition, using the natural compounds with antibacterial properties as potential alternatives for the classical antibiotic therapy is discussed.

Indexed as

antibiotic resistanceantibioticsantitumorclassificationmechanism of actionnatural compoundstoxicity

Identifiers

PMID33917092
PMCPMC8067816
OpenAlexW3151394550

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