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ArticleAmino acids2021

Oxidative testicular injury: effect of L-leucine on redox, cholinergic and purinergic dysfunctions, and dysregulated metabolic pathways.

Ochuko L Erukainure, Olubunmi Atolani, Priyanka Banerjee, Renata Abel, Ofentse J Pooe, Oluyomi S Adeyemi, Robert Preissner, Chika I Chukwuma, Neil A Koorbanally, Md Shahidul Islam

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Article in Amino acids, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Ochuko L ErukainureDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, 9301, South Africa. loreks@yahoo.co.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0489-338X
Olubunmi AtolaniDepartment of Chemistry, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. tolanventure@gmail.com.
Priyanka BanerjeeStructural Bioinformatics Group, Institute for Physiology, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Renata AbelStructural Bioinformatics Group, Institute for Physiology, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Ofentse J PooeDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban, 4000, South Africa.
Oluyomi S AdeyemiDepartment of Biochemistry, Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Nigeria.
Robert PreissnerStructural Bioinformatics Group, Institute for Physiology, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Chika I ChukwumaCenter for Quality of Health and Living, Faculty of Health Sciences, Central University of Technology, Bloemfontein, 9301, South Africa.
Neil A KoorbanallySchool of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban, 4000, South Africa.
Md Shahidul IslamDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban, 4000, South Africa.
University of KwaZulu-Natal · ZACharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DECentral University of Technology · ZALandmark University · NGUniversity of Ilorin · NGUniversity of the Free State · ZAWroclaw Medical University · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The antioxidant and anti-proinflammatory activities of L-leucine were investigated on oxidative testicular injury, ex vivo. In vitro analysis revealed L-leucine to be a potent scavenger of free radicals, while inhibiting acetylcholinesterase activity. Oxidative injury was induced in testicular tissues using FeSO

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AnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntioxidantsCell LineCell SurvivalCholinergic AgentsDNA DamageFerrous CompoundsHumansLeucineMaleMetabolic Networks and PathwaysMolecular Docking SimulationOxidative StressPurinergic AgentsRatsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntioxidantsCholinergic AgentsFerrous Compoundsferrous sulfateLeucinePurinergic AgentsAmino acidsAntioxidantsL-leucineMedicinal biochemistryProinflammationTesticular dysfunction

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PMID33586041
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