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ReviewFrontiers in molecular biosciences2025

Beyond the glitter: gold nanoparticles as powerful weapons against multi-drug resistant pathogens.

Hazim O Khalifa, Hind Alkhoori

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Review in Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Green-mediated gold nanoparticles fromBiotechnology notes (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2026
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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.

Hazim O KhalifaDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Hind AlkhooriDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have emerged as promising antimicrobial agents in the fight against multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens. Their distinctive physicochemical properties allow them to target a broad spectrum of MDR microorganisms, including highly virulent strains such as methicillin-resistant

Indexed as

antibiotic synergyantimicrobial resistancebiofilm disruptionfungal infectionsgold nanoparticlesgram-negative bacteriamultidrug-resistant pathogensreactive oxygen species

Identifiers

PMID40861424
PMCPMC12375931

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