Ingestional Toxicity of Radiation-Dependent Metabolites of the Host Plant for the Pale Grass Blue Butterfly: A Mechanism of Field Effects of Radioactive Pollution in Fukushima.

Akari Morita, Ko Sakauchi, Wataru Taira, Joji M Otaki

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in

3citing papers in PubMed

1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

Chemical Diversity and Biomedical Relevance of Oxalis corniculata L.: A Review of Nutritional and Pharmacological Aspects.Chemistry & biodiversity · 2026
Review
Soil Microbes and Plant-Associated Microbes in Response to Radioactive Pollution May Indirectly Affect Plants and Insect Herbivores: Evidence for Indirect Field Effects from Chernobyl and Fukushima.Microorganisms · 2024
Review
Imaging Plate Autoradiography for Ingested Anthropogenic Cesium-137 in Butterfly Bodies: Implications for the Biological Impacts of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
Article

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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Akari MoritaThe BCPH Unit of Molecular Physiology, Department of Chemistry, Biology and Marine Science, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan.

Ko SakauchiThe BCPH Unit of Molecular Physiology, Department of Chemistry, Biology and Marine Science, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan.

Wataru TairaResearch Planning Office, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan.

Joji M OtakiThe BCPH Unit of Molecular Physiology, Department of Chemistry, Biology and Marine Science, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-3425-7085

University of the Ryukyus · JP

Funding

Asahi Glass Foundation Not applicableUniversity of the Ryukyus Not applicable

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biological effects of the Fukushima nuclear accident have been reported in various organisms, including the pale grass blue butterfly

Indexed as

alfuzosinartificial dietFukushima nuclear accidentikarugamycinlauric acidlow-dose exposureOxalis corniculataplant secondary metaboliteradioactive pollutionZizeeria maha

Identifiers

PMID35629283

DOI10.3390/life12050615

PMCPMC9146399

OpenAlexW4224301885

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