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The neurotoxic effect of clindamycin - induced gut bacterial imbalance and orally administered propionic acid on DNA damage assessed by the comet assay: protective potency of carnosine and carnitine

Overview of attention for article published in Gut Pathogens, April 2013
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (88th percentile)
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Title
The neurotoxic effect of clindamycin - induced gut bacterial imbalance and orally administered propionic acid on DNA damage assessed by the comet assay: protective potency of carnosine and carnitine
Published in
Gut Pathogens, April 2013
DOI 10.1186/1757-4749-5-9
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Authors

Afaf El-Ansary, Ghada H Shaker, Amina R El-Gezeery, Laila Al-Ayadhi

Abstract

Comet assay is a quick method for assessing DNA damage in individual cells. It allows the detection of single and double DNA strand breaks, which represent the direct effect of some damaging agents. This study uses standard comet quantification models to compare the neurotoxic effect of orally administered propionic acid (PA) to that produced as a metabolite of bacterial overgrowth induced by clindamycin. Additionally, the protective effect of carnosine and carnitine as natural dietary supplements is assessed.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 3%
Unknown 78 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 15%
Researcher 10 13%
Student > Master 10 13%
Student > Bachelor 9 11%
Professor 5 6%
Other 17 21%
Unknown 17 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 16 20%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 14 18%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 11%
Neuroscience 7 9%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 5%
Other 10 13%
Unknown 20 25%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 December 2014.
All research outputs
#2,975,400
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from Gut Pathogens
#69
of 600 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#24,482
of 211,572 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Gut Pathogens
#6
of 9 outputs
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