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ArticleGels (Basel, Switzerland)2025

New Antimicrobial Gels Based on Clove Essential Oil-Cyclodextrin Complex and Plant Extracts for Topical Use.

Alina Ionela Stancu, Lia Mara Dițu, Eliza Oprea, Anton Ficai, Irinel Adriana Badea, Mihaela Buleandră, Oana Brîncoveanu, Anca Gabriela Mirea, Sorina Nicoleta Voicu, Adina Magdalena Musuc and 3 more

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Article in Gels (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Alina Ionela StancuDepartment Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, 1-7 Polizu Street, 011061 Bucharest, Romania.
Lia Mara DițuDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Portocalilor 1-3, 060101 Bucharest, Romania.
Eliza OpreaDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Portocalilor 1-3, 060101 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-7051-4136
Anton FicaiDepartment Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, 1-7 Polizu Street, 011061 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-1777-0525
Irinel Adriana BadeaDepartment of Analytical Chemistry and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bucharest, 90-92 Panduri Street, 050663 Bucharest, Romania.
Mihaela BuleandrăDepartment of Analytical Chemistry and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bucharest, 90-92 Panduri Street, 050663 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-9288-1842
Oana BrîncoveanuNational Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies, 126A Erou Iancu Nicolae Street, Voluntari City, Ilfov County, 077190 Bucharest, Romania.
Anca Gabriela MireaNational Institute of Materials Physics, 405A Atomistilor Street, 077125 Magurele, Romania.
Sorina Nicoleta VoicuDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 030018 Bucharest, Romania.
Adina Magdalena Musuc"Ilie Murgulescu" Institute of Physical Chemistry, 202 Spl. Independentei, 060021 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-6935-8065
Ludmila Aricov"Ilie Murgulescu" Institute of Physical Chemistry, 202 Spl. Independentei, 060021 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-6472-6172
Daniela Cristina Culita"Ilie Murgulescu" Institute of Physical Chemistry, 202 Spl. Independentei, 060021 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-9289-5443
Magdalena MititeluDepartment of Clinical Laboratory and Food Safety, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, 6 Traian Vuia Street, 020956 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-8448-5054

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to develop and characterise novel hydrogels based on natural bioactive compounds for topical antimicrobial applications. Four gel systems were formulated using different polymers, namely polyacrylic acid (Carbopol 940, CBP-G), chitosan with high and medium molecular weights (CTH-G and CTM-G), and sodium alginate (ALG-G), incorporating tinctures of

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alginateAloysia triphyllaantimicrobial agentsCarbopol 940chitosanEugenya caryophyllataLaurus nobilisVerbena officinalisβ-cyclodextrin complex

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PMID40868783
PMCPMC12386016

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