Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38130406›Full record

SynthesisFrontiers in pharmacology2023

The antibacterial effectiveness of lavender essential oil against methicillin-resistant

Sandra Truong, Poonam Mudgil

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Thymol and carvacrol againstFrontiers in pharmacology · 2024
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  9. Phytochemical profile and nematicidal potential of essential oil from Algerian wildTurkish journal of biology = Turk biyoloji dergisi · 2025
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  10. A Soothing Lavender-Scented Electrospun Fibrous Eye Mask.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  13. Alginate Nanoparticles ContainingInternational journal of biomaterials · 2024
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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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sandra TruongSchool of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia.
Poonam MudgilSchool of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia.
Camden and Campbelltown Hospitals · AUWestern Sydney University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the overuse and misuse of antibiotics, multi-drug resistant organisms have become a prominent issue in healthcare, increasing morbidity and mortality in affected patients. One such organism of concern is methicillin-resistant

Indexed as

antibioticsantimicrobial resistanceinfectious diseaseslavender essential oilmethicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureusMRSA

Identifiers

PMID38130406
PMCPMC10733459
OpenAlexW4389452136

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.