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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2020

Mercury toxicity in pregnant and lactating rats: zinc and N-acetylcysteine as alternative of prevention.

Vitor Antunes Oliveira, Nayara de Souza da Costa, Mariana Mesquita, Taíse Fonseca Pedroso, Tiago da Luz Fiuza, Nilce Coelho Peixoto, Maria Ester Pereira, Cláudia Sirlene Oliveira

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2020. 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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5citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 36% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Vitor Antunes OliveiraPrograma de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas: Bioquímica Toxicológica, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 97105-900, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
Nayara de Souza da CostaPrograma de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Biotecnologia Aplicada a Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente, Instituto de Pesquisa Pelé Pequeno Príncipe, Rua Silva Jardim, 1632, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
Mariana MesquitaPrograma de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas: Bioquímica Toxicológica, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 97105-900, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
Taíse Fonseca PedrosoPrograma de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas: Bioquímica Toxicológica, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 97105-900, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
Tiago da Luz FiuzaPrograma de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas: Bioquímica Toxicológica, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 97105-900, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
Nilce Coelho PeixotoPrograma de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas: Bioquímica Toxicológica, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 97105-900, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. ncpeixoto@yahoo.com.br.
Maria Ester PereiraPrograma de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas: Bioquímica Toxicológica, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 97105-900, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
Cláudia Sirlene OliveiraPrograma de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas: Bioquímica Toxicológica, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 97105-900, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. claudia.bioquimica@yahoo.com.br.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2004-5316
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria · BRInstituto de Tecnologia do Paraná · BRUniversidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study evaluated the toxic effects of inorganic mercury (Hg) in pregnant and lactating rats, as well as the possible protective effect of zinc (Zn) and N-acetylcysteine (NAC). Pregnant and lactating rats were pre-treated with ZnCl

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AcetylcysteineMercuryAnimalsFemaleKidneyLactationLiverMercuric ChloridePorphobilinogen SynthasePregnancyRatsZincAcetylcysteineMercuric ChlorideMercuryPorphobilinogen SynthaseZincEssential metalMercuryMetallothioneinThiol molecules

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PMID32671705
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