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ArticleAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Usnic Acid and

Violeta Popovici, Elena Matei, Georgeta Camelia Cozaru, Mariana Aschie, Laura Bucur, Dan Rambu, Teodor Costache, Iulia Elena Cucolea, Gabriela Vochita, Daniela Gherghel and 2 more

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Article in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
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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

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

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

12 authors.

Violeta PopoviciDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Ovidius University of Constanta, 7 Ilarie Voronca Street, 900684 Constanta, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-9696-5728
Elena MateiCenter for Research and Development of the Morphological and Genetic Studies of Malignant Pathology, Ovidius University of Constanta, CEDMOG, 145 Tomis Blvd., 900591 Constanta, Romania.
Georgeta Camelia CozaruCenter for Research and Development of the Morphological and Genetic Studies of Malignant Pathology, Ovidius University of Constanta, CEDMOG, 145 Tomis Blvd., 900591 Constanta, Romania.
Mariana AschieCenter for Research and Development of the Morphological and Genetic Studies of Malignant Pathology, Ovidius University of Constanta, CEDMOG, 145 Tomis Blvd., 900591 Constanta, Romania.
Laura BucurDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ovidius University of Constanta, 6 Capitan Al. Serbanescu Street, 900001 Constanta, Romania.
Dan RambuResearch Center for Instrumental Analysis SCIENT, 1E Petre Ispirescu Street, Tancabesti, 077167 Ilfov, Romania.
Teodor CostacheResearch Center for Instrumental Analysis SCIENT, 1E Petre Ispirescu Street, Tancabesti, 077167 Ilfov, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-2116-4672
Iulia Elena CucoleaResearch Center for Instrumental Analysis SCIENT, 1E Petre Ispirescu Street, Tancabesti, 077167 Ilfov, Romania.
Gabriela VochitaNIRDBS, Institute of Biological Research Iasi, 47 Lascar Catargi Street, 700107 Iasi, Romania.
Daniela GherghelNIRDBS, Institute of Biological Research Iasi, 47 Lascar Catargi Street, 700107 Iasi, Romania.
Aureliana CaraianeDepartment of Oral Rehabilitation, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Ovidius University of Constanta, 7 Ilarie Voronca Street, 900684 Constanta, Romania.
Victoria BadeaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Ovidius University of Constanta, 7 Ilarie Voronca Street, 900684 Constanta, Romania.

Funding

the project ANTREPRENORDOC, in the framework of Human Resources Development Opera-tional Program 2014-2020, financed from the European Social Fund contract number 36355/23.05.2019 HRD OP /380/6/13 - SMIS Code: 123847
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nowadays, numerous biomedical studies performed on natural compounds and plant extracts aim to obtain highly selective pharmacological activities without unwanted toxic effects. In the big world of medicinal plants,

Indexed as

apoptosisblood cellscytotoxic effectDNA damageoxidative stresssecondary metabolitesUsnea barbatausnic acid

Identifiers

PMID34439420
PMCPMC8388874

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