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ArticleCureus2023

Assessment of Antimicrobial Activity and Cytotoxic Effect of Nigella sativa, Syzygium aromaticum, and Allium cepa Formulation for Use As Antimicrobial Gel or Mouthwash.

N Fazulunnisa Begum, Gheena S, Pratibha Ramani, Rajeshkumar S, Karthikeyan Ramalingam, Abilasha Ramasubramanian

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Article in Cureus, 2023. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

N Fazulunnisa BegumOral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, IND.
Gheena SOral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, IND.
Pratibha RamaniOral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, IND.
Rajeshkumar SDepartment of Pharmacology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, IND.
Karthikeyan RamalingamOral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, IND.
Abilasha RamasubramanianOral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, IND.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBlack cumin/

aimThe aim of the present study is to prepare the formulation of MATERIALS AND

methodsAntimicrobial activity was carried out by agar well diffusion method and cytotoxic activity was carried out using the brine shrimp lethality assay method.

resultsThe antimicrobial activity showed the zone of inhibition was highest with

conclusionThe study concluded that the combination extract of

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allium cepaantimicrobialcytotoxicitynigella sativaoral cancersyzygium aromaticum

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PMID38074008
PMCPMC10709764

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