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ArticleHeliyon2024

Chemical composition and antimicrobial study of

Shakeel Ahmad, Kashif Ali, Khalil Ahmad, Tahira Ruby, Hammad Majeed, Muhammad Qamar Saeed, Mudassar Fareed Awan, Irfan Ahmad, Muhammad Farooq, Mirza Imran Shahzad and 2 more

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

  • Retraction · 2026-01-05Concerns/Issues about Authorship/Affiliation · Concerns/Issues about Data · Investigation by Journal/Publisher · Lack of IRB/IACUC Approval and/or Compliance · Objections by Author(s) · Original Data and/or Images not Provided and/or not Available · Unreliable Results and/or Conclusions · · See also: https://pubpeer.com/publications/DEBFB6DA3C7AA6B919C62EB0C30664
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Shakeel AhmadInstitute of Zoology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan.
Kashif AliDivision of Science and Technology, Department of Zoology, University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan.
Khalil AhmadDepartment of Chemistry, Emerson University Multan (EUM), 60000, Pakistan.
Tahira RubyInstitute of Zoology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan.
Hammad MajeedDepatment of Chemistry, University of Management and Technology (UMT), Sialkot Campus, 51310, Pakistan.
Muhammad Qamar SaeedDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan.
Mudassar Fareed AwanDepartment of Biotechnology, Knowledge Unit of Science, University of Management and Technology, Sialkot, Pakistan.
Irfan AhmadDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Muhammad FarooqDepartment of Zoology, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan.
Mirza Imran ShahzadDepartment of Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan.
Saad AlamriDepartment of Biology, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Aleem Ahmed KhanInstitute of Zoology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan.
Bahauddin Zakariya University · PKKing Khalid University · SAUniversity of Management and Technology · PKGhazi University · PKIslamia University of Bahawalpur · PKUniversity of Okara · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Geckos and their products have been used in Asian traditional medicine. Medicinal properties of desert-dwelling Gecko species,

Indexed as

Antimicrobial agentsAntiviral activityCrossobamon orientalisGecko extracts

Identifiers

PMID38545135
PMCPMC10966683
OpenAlexW4392946579

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