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ReviewFood chemistry: X2025

Natural phenolics as multitarget antimicrobials for food preservation: mechanisms of action.

Lei Zhao, Ya Zhou, Weiguo Yue, Qingshan Shen, Jingxuan Ke, Yanli Ma, Lifang Zhang, Hua Bian

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Review in Food chemistry: X, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

8 authors.

Lei ZhaoHenan Key Laboratory of Zhang Zhongjing Formulae and Herbs for Immunoregulation, Zhang Zhongjing College of Chinese Medicine, Nanyang Institute of Technology, Changjiang Road 80, Nanyang 473004, Henan, China.
Ya ZhouNanyang City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanyang, Henan 473000, China.
Weiguo YueHenan Key Laboratory of Zhang Zhongjing Formulae and Herbs for Immunoregulation, Zhang Zhongjing College of Chinese Medicine, Nanyang Institute of Technology, Changjiang Road 80, Nanyang 473004, Henan, China.
Qingshan ShenHenan Key Laboratory of Zhang Zhongjing Formulae and Herbs for Immunoregulation, Zhang Zhongjing College of Chinese Medicine, Nanyang Institute of Technology, Changjiang Road 80, Nanyang 473004, Henan, China.
Jingxuan KeHenan Key Laboratory of Zhang Zhongjing Formulae and Herbs for Immunoregulation, Zhang Zhongjing College of Chinese Medicine, Nanyang Institute of Technology, Changjiang Road 80, Nanyang 473004, Henan, China.
Yanli MaHenan Key Laboratory of Zhang Zhongjing Formulae and Herbs for Immunoregulation, Zhang Zhongjing College of Chinese Medicine, Nanyang Institute of Technology, Changjiang Road 80, Nanyang 473004, Henan, China.
Lifang ZhangHenan Key Laboratory of Zhang Zhongjing Formulae and Herbs for Immunoregulation, Zhang Zhongjing College of Chinese Medicine, Nanyang Institute of Technology, Changjiang Road 80, Nanyang 473004, Henan, China.
Hua BianHenan Key Laboratory of Zhang Zhongjing Formulae and Herbs for Immunoregulation, Zhang Zhongjing College of Chinese Medicine, Nanyang Institute of Technology, Changjiang Road 80, Nanyang 473004, Henan, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural phenolics are emerging as promising clean-label antimicrobials, yet evidence for their multitarget mechanisms remains scattered. This review synthesizes 158 studies (2013-2025) on

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Antibacterial mechanismsDNA bindingMembrane disruptionNatural phenolicsReactive oxygen species

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PMID41049098
PMCPMC12495347

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