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ArticleBiofilm2025

Potassium iodide enhances the antimicrobial activity of plasma-activated water.

Laura A McClenaghan, Thomas P Thompson, Akash Shambharkar, Ross M Duncan, Paula Bourke, Timofey Skvortsov, Brendan F Gilmore

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Article in Biofilm, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Laura A McClenaghanBiofilm Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK.
Thomas P ThompsonBiofilm Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK.
Akash ShambharkarBiofilm Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK.
Ross M DuncanBiofilm Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK.
Paula BourkePlasma Research Group, School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Timofey SkvortsovBiofilm Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK.
Brendan F GilmoreBiofilm Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK.

Funding

Plasma-based therapies for bone infection: A tripartite USA/Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland consortiumR01AR076941 · NIAMS · THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY · PI BOURKE, PAULA, FREEMAN, THERESA A · 2020 to 2025
$3.3M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR076941
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plasma-activated water (PAW) is a promising disinfection strategy that generates a complex mixture of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS/RNS), including hydrogen peroxide (H

Indexed as

BiofilmsCold plasmaFood pathogensHypoiodous acidPlasma-activated waterPotassium iodideSalmonella

Identifiers

PMID40978334
PMCPMC12448014

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