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ArticleToxics2023

Toxicological Profile of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Microplastic in Ingested

Simran Kauts, Yachana Mishra, Sumaira Yousuf, Rima Bhardwaj, Sandeep K Singh, Fahad M Alshabrmi, Mahmoud Abdurahman, Emanuel Vamanu, Mahendra P Singh

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Article in Toxics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 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 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Simran KautsDepartment of Zoology, School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar 144411, India.
Yachana MishraDepartment of Zoology, School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar 144411, India.ORCID 0000-0002-3467-0518
Sumaira YousufDepartment of Zoology, School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar 144411, India.ORCID 0000-0002-6707-1044
Rima BhardwajDepartment of Chemistry Poona College, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411007, India.
Sandeep K SinghIndian Scientific Education and Technology Foundation, Lucknow 226002, India.ORCID 0000-0002-0022-6240
Fahad M AlshabrmiDepartment of Medical Laboratories, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Buraydah 51452, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-5827-6040
Mahmoud AbdurahmanDepartment of PH, College of Medicine, Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh 13317, Saudi Arabia.
Emanuel VamanuFaculty of Biotechnology, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 011464 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-3376-2058
Mahendra P SinghDepartment of Zoology, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur 273009, India.ORCID 0000-0002-6237-7191
Lovely Professional University · INDeen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University · INImam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic University · SAQassim University · SASavitribai Phule Pune University · INUnited States India Educational Foundation · INUniversity of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microplastics are readily available in the natural environment. Due to the pervasiveness of microplastic pollution, its effects on living organisms necessitate further investigation. The size, time of exposure, and amount of microplastic particles appear to be the most essential factor in determining their toxicological effects, either organismal or sub-organismal. For our research work, we preferred to work on a terrestrial model organism

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Drosophilamicroplasticpolyethylene terephthalatetoxicity

Identifiers

PMID37755792
PMCPMC10537121
OpenAlexW4386743549

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