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ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Matcha Green Tea Exhibits Bactericidal Activity against

Karin Sasagawa, Hisanori Domon, Rina Sakagami, Satoru Hirayama, Tomoki Maekawa, Toshihito Isono, Takumi Hiyoshi, Hikaru Tamura, Fumio Takizawa, Yoichi Fukushima and 2 more

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Article 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 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 6 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

12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Karin SasagawaDivision of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Niigata 951-8514, Japan.
Hisanori DomonDivision of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Niigata 951-8514, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-2911-826X
Rina SakagamiDivision of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Niigata 951-8514, Japan.
Satoru HirayamaDivision of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Niigata 951-8514, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-0965-8733
Tomoki MaekawaDivision of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Niigata 951-8514, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4597-1316
Toshihito IsonoDivision of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Niigata 951-8514, Japan.
Takumi HiyoshiDivision of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Niigata 951-8514, Japan.
Hikaru TamuraDivision of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Niigata 951-8514, Japan.
Fumio TakizawaDivision of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Niigata 951-8514, Japan.
Yoichi FukushimaNestlé Japan Ltd., Wellness Communications, Tokyo 140-0002, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-9259-3207
Koichi TabetaDivision of Periodontology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Niigata 951-8514, Japan.
Yutaka TeraoDivision of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Niigata 951-8514, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4450-5583
Niigata University · JP

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP19H03828, JP19K22706, JP20K09903, JP20H03858Matcha and Health Research Not applicable
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

antibacterial resistancecatechinepicatechinepicatechin gallateepigallocatechinepigallocatechin gallatematcha green teapneumolysinStreptococcus pneumoniae

Identifiers

PMID34943762
PMCPMC8698834
OpenAlexW4200430621

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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