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ReviewPlants (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Extraction Methods, Quantitative and Qualitative Phytochemical Screening of Medicinal Plants for Antimicrobial Textiles: A Review.

Elvino Nortjie, Moses Basitere, Doice Moyo, Pardon Nyamukamba

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In one paragraph

Review in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
43citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
20.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 153 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elvino NortjieBioresource Engineering Research Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Bellville, Cape Town 7535, South Africa.
Moses BasitereAcademic Support Programme for Engineering in Cape Town (ASPECT), Centre for Higher Education Development, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town 7700, South Africa.
Doice MoyoTechnology Station Clothing and Textiles, Symphony Way, Bellville, Cape Town 7535, South Africa.
Pardon NyamukambaTechnology Station Clothing and Textiles, Symphony Way, Bellville, Cape Town 7535, South Africa.
Cape Peninsula University of Technology · ZAUniversity of Cape Town · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medicinal plants are the product of natural drug discoveries and have gained traction due to their pharmacological activities. Pathogens are everywhere, and they thrive in ideal conditions depending on the nutrients, moisture, temperature, and pH that increase the growth of harmful pathogens on surfaces and textiles. Thus, antimicrobial agents and finishes may be the solution to the destruction of pathogens. This review article presents an analysis of various aspects of producing antimicrobial finishings, the microorganisms, their mechanism of attachment to natural and synthetic fibre, the effect of microbial growth, and the principle and mechanism of the microbial activity of the medicinal plants. Furthermore, the extraction methods, qualitative and quantitative phytochemical evaluations of antimicrobial efficacy, and developments of antimicrobial treated textiles using various agents are covered in this review.

Indexed as

antimicrobial agentsextractionsphytochemical screeningqualitative analysisquantitative analysissolventstextile finishings

Identifiers

PMID35956489
PMCPMC9370299
OpenAlexW4289524826

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Registered trials

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