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ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Antifungal Activity of Natural Compounds vs.

Ilaria Maria Saracino, Claudio Foschi, Matteo Pavoni, Renato Spigarelli, Maria Chiara Valerii, Enzo Spisni

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Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. 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.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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, 51 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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ilaria Maria SaracinoMicrobiology Unit, Department of Specialized, Experimental and Diagnostic Medicine, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico St. Orsola Polyclinic, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4388-7089
Claudio FoschiMicrobiology Unit, Department of Specialized, Experimental and Diagnostic Medicine, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico St. Orsola Polyclinic, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7253-8799
Matteo PavoniMicrobiology Unit, Department of Specialized, Experimental and Diagnostic Medicine, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico St. Orsola Polyclinic, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Renato SpigarelliDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1870-7536
Maria Chiara ValeriiDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
Enzo SpisniDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
University of Bologna · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

methodsFungistatic activity was evaluated using the disk diffusion method. For fungicidal activity, microdilution and time-kill curve protocols were set up. The checkerboard method was chosen to evaluate a possible synergistic effect of these compounds when mixed.

resultsCinnamaldehyde and eugenol gave the best results, inhibiting all the

conclusionsThese characteristics, together with the well-known safety of cinnamaldehyde and eugenol for human use, make these two natural compounds the perfect candidates for the treatment of candidiasis. This was a pilot study, the purpose of which was to evaluate the best composition of a mixture to be used against intestinal and vulvovaginal candidiasis; in vivo studies are needed to confirm these very encouraging results.

Indexed as

antifungal propertiesCandida spp.cinnamaldehydeessential oilseucalyptoleugenollimoneneα-pinene

Identifiers

PMID35052950
PMCPMC8773119
OpenAlexW4205703813

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