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ArticleBMC research notes2017

Effects of date palm pollen on fertility: research proposal for a systematic review.

Fatemeh Abdi, Nasibeh Roozbeh, Amir Mohammad Mortazavian

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Article in BMC research notes, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Effects of Date Palm Pollen Supplementations on The Expression ofInternational journal of fertility & sterility · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fatemeh AbdiStudent Research Committee, Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Nasibeh RoozbehMother and Child Welfare Research Center, Hormozgan Universiy of Medical Sciences, BandarAbbas, Iran. nasibe62@yahoo.com.
Amir Mohammad MortazavianDepartment of Food Technology, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology/National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. mortazvn@sbmu.ac.ir.
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRHormozgan University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveOver 10-15% of couples in different countries are infertile. Male infertility is a contributing factor and the only cause of infertility in respectively 50% and 20-30% of all cases of infertility. According to previous research, micro-elements isolated from date palm pollen (DPP), e.g. estrogen and sterols, may enhance male and female fertility. DPP has also been reported to improve sperm parameters including sperm motility and viability, acrosome reaction, and lipid peroxidation. This article may justify the need for a future systematic review and meta-analysis about the effects of DPP on the reproductive system and DPP's ability to enhance fertility. It will then describe the methodology of such a study. MAIN TEXT: A comprehensive search of relevant randomized and quasi-randomized controlled trials will be performed in MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, Cochrane Central, ProQuest, and Google Scholar databases. Two authors will independently assess the eligibility of the studies and consult the third author in cases of disagreement. The risk of bias of the randomized controlled trials and animal studies will be evaluated using the Cochrane risk of bias tool and the Systematic Review Centre for Laboratory animal Experimentation (SYRCLE) risk of bias tool, respectively. This study will raise no ethical issues as it will review the findings of previous research. The results are intended to be published in a peer-reviewed medical journal.

Indexed as

Complex MixturesOvaryPhoeniceaePollenReview Literature as TopicSpermatozoaAdultAnimalsFemaleHumansInfertility, FemaleInfertility, MaleMalePregnancyResearch DesignSemen AnalysisComplex MixturesDate palm pollenFertilityOvarySperm

Identifiers

PMID28764804
PMCPMC5540518
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