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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Combating Black Fungus: Using Allicin as a Potent Antifungal Agent against Mucorales.

Christina Schier, Martin C H Gruhlke, Georg Reucher, Alan J Slusarenko, Lothar Rink

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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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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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Antibacterial Mechanism of Allicin E AgainstAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  5. Biomolecular Insights Into the Antifungal Activity ofIranian journal of pharmaceutical research : IJPR
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christina SchierDepartment of Plant Physiology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringer Weg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5613-5615
Martin C H GruhlkeGENAWIF e.V.-Society for Natural Compound and Active Ingredient Research, Lukasstraße 1, 52070 Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2373-1784
Georg ReucherInstitute of Immunology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
Alan J SlusarenkoDepartment of Plant Physiology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringer Weg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3311-5878
Lothar RinkInstitute of Immunology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5658-2893
RWTH Aachen University · DE

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft GR4867/3Young Scientists at RWTH Aachen University Schier
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Invasive fungal (IF) diseases are a leading global cause of mortality, particularly among immunocompromised individuals. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic further exacerbated this scenario, intensifying comorbid IF infections such as mucormycoses of the nasopharynx. In the work reported here, it is shown that zygomycetes, significant contributors to mycoses, are sensitive to the natural product allicin. Inhibition of Mucorales fungi by allicin in solution and by allicin vapor was demonstrated. Mathematical modeling showed that the efficacy of allicin vapor is comparable to direct contact with the commercially available antifungal agent amphotericin B (ampB). Furthermore, the study revealed a synergistic interaction between allicin and the non-volatile ampB. The toxicity of allicin solution to human cell lines was evaluated and it was found that the half maximal effective concentration (EC

Indexed as

Invasive Fungal InfectionsMucoralesMycosesAmphotericin BAntifungal AgentsDisulfidesHumansSulfinic AcidsallicinAmphotericin BAntifungal AgentsDisulfidesSulfinic Acidsallicinamphotericin BantimycoticCOVID-19glutathione reductasemucormycosis

Identifiers

PMID38139348
PMCPMC10743604
OpenAlexW4389784765

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