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ArticleAnimal reproduction2021

Spirulina ameliorates arsenic induced reproductive toxicity in male rats.

Abul Khair, Mohammed Abdul Awal, Mohammed Nazmul Hoque, Anup Kumar Talukder, Ziban Chandra Das, Damanna Ramkishan Rao, Mohammed Shamsuddin

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Article in Animal reproduction, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Endocrine Disrupting Agents: Toxicological Aspects on Male Reproduction.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Abul KhairQuality Control Laboratory, Department of Livestock Services, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0002-3204-4441
Mohammed Abdul AwalDepartment of Pharmacology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0002-5177-6349
Mohammed Nazmul HoqueDepartment of Gynecology, Obstetrics & Reproductive Health, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0002-4861-0030
Anup Kumar TalukderDepartment of Gynecology, Obstetrics & Reproductive Health, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0001-6904-8801
Ziban Chandra DasDepartment of Gynecology, Obstetrics & Reproductive Health, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0002-2413-0526
Damanna Ramkishan RaoNational Institute of Food and Agriculture, Washington D. C. , United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3715-0494
Mohammed ShamsuddinLivestock Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8201-8698
Gazipur Agricultural University · BDBangladesh Agricultural University · BDFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations · ITNational Institute of Food and Agriculture · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spirulina (

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arsenicreproductive parameters and ratsspirulinatoxicity

Identifiers

PMID34868368
PMCPMC8628875
OpenAlexW3216995069

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