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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Potential Use of Tea Tree Oil as a Disinfectant Agent against Coronaviruses: A Combined Experimental and Simulation Study.

Alice Romeo, Federico Iacovelli, Carolina Scagnolari, Mirko Scordio, Federica Frasca, Roberta Condò, Serena Ammendola, Roberta Gaziano, Maurizio Anselmi, Maurizio Divizia and 1 more

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alice RomeoDepartment of Biology, University of Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6162-6814
Federico IacovelliDepartment of Biology, University of Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7511-6575
Carolina ScagnolariLaboratory of Virology, Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1044-1478
Mirko ScordioLaboratory of Virology, Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Federica FrascaLaboratory of Virology, Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Roberta CondòDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Translations Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2139-7927
Serena AmmendolaDepartment of Biology, University of Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1436-0608
Roberta GazianoDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1970-2670
Maurizio AnselmiDepartment of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Maurizio DiviziaDepartment of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Mattia FalconiDepartment of Biology, University of Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3990-4758
University of Rome Tor Vergata · ITIstituto Pasteur · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the relevance of proper disinfection procedures and renewed interest in developing novel disinfectant materials as a preventive strategy to limit SARS-CoV-2 contamination. Given its widely known antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral properties,

Indexed as

COVID-19 Drug TreatmentDisinfectantsMelaleucaTea Tree OilAntiviral AgentsHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2Antiviral AgentsDisinfectantsTea Tree Oilcoronavirusdisinfectant agentGaMDSARS-CoV-2spike glycoproteintea tree oil

Identifiers

PMID35744913
PMCPMC9228983
OpenAlexW4282822733

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