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ArticlePolymers2021

Chitosan/Polyvinyl Alcohol/Tea Tree Essential Oil Composite Films for Biomedical Applications.

Jorge Iván Castro, Carlos Humberto Valencia-Llano, Mayra Eliana Valencia Zapata, Yilmar Joan Restrepo, José Herminsul Mina Hernandez, Diana Paola Navia-Porras, Yamid Valencia, Cesar Valencia, Carlos David Grande-Tovar

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Article in Polymers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 60 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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jorge Iván CastroGrupo de Investigación SIMERQO, Departamento de Química, Universidad del Valle, Calle 13 No. 100-00, Cali 76001, Colombia.
Carlos Humberto Valencia-LlanoGrupo Biomateriales Dentales, Escuela de Odontología, Universidad del Valle, Calle 4B No. 36-00, Cali 76001, Colombia.
Mayra Eliana Valencia ZapataGrupo de Materiales Compuestos, Escuela de Ingeniería de Materiales, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad del Valle, Calle 13 No. 100-00, Santiago de Cali 760032, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0001-9001-2045
Yilmar Joan RestrepoGrupo de Materiales Compuestos, Escuela de Ingeniería de Materiales, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad del Valle, Calle 13 No. 100-00, Santiago de Cali 760032, Colombia.
José Herminsul Mina HernandezGrupo de Materiales Compuestos, Escuela de Ingeniería de Materiales, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad del Valle, Calle 13 No. 100-00, Santiago de Cali 760032, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0003-3767-4431
Diana Paola Navia-PorrasGrupo de Investigación Biotecnología, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de San Buenaventura Cali, Carrera 122 # 6-65, Cali 76001, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0002-8448-174X
Yamid ValenciaÁrea de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación, Disproquin S.A.S., Calle 93 Número 7u-2a, Vía Cali-Juanchito 760021, Colombia.
Cesar ValenciaÁrea de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación, Disproquin S.A.S., Calle 93 Número 7u-2a, Vía Cali-Juanchito 760021, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0002-7032-556X
Carlos David Grande-TovarGrupo de Investigación de Fotoquímica y Fotobiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad del Atlántico, Carrera 30 Número 8-49, Puerto Colombia 081008, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0002-6243-4571
Universidad del Valle · COUniversidad de San Buenaventura, Bogota · COUniversity of Atlántico · CO

Funding

Vicerrectoria de Investigaciones of the Universidad del Valle Project 71155
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tissue engineering is crucial, since its early adoption focused on designing biocompatible materials that stimulate cell adhesion and proliferation. In this sense, scaffolds made of biocompatible and resistant materials became the researchers' focus on biomedical applications. Humans have used essential oils for a long time to take advantage of their antifungal, insecticide, antibacterial, and antioxidant properties. However, the literature demonstrating the use of essential oils for stimulating biocompatibility in new scaffold designs is scarce. For that reason, this work describes the synthesis of four different film composites of chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol/tea tree (

Indexed as

biocompatibilitychitosanmembranepolyvinyl alcoholtea tree essential oiltissue engineering

Identifiers

PMID34771312
PMCPMC8586949
OpenAlexW3211295170

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