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ArticleAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2024

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Harrison A Ozoani, Orish Ebere Orisakwe, Costantino Parisi, Loredana Assisi, Anthonet N Ezejiofor, Kenneth O Okolo, Chinna N Orish, Rubina Vangone, Emidio M Sivieri, Giulia Guerriero

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Article in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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

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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

10 authors.

Harrison A OzoaniWord Bank Africa Centre of Excellence in Oilfield Chemicals Research (ACE-CEFOR), University of Port Harcourt, PMB, Choba, Port Harcourt 5323, Nigeria.
Orish Ebere OrisakweWord Bank Africa Centre of Excellence in Oilfield Chemicals Research (ACE-CEFOR), University of Port Harcourt, PMB, Choba, Port Harcourt 5323, Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0002-5806-9858
Costantino ParisiComparative Endocrinology Laboratories (EClab), Department of Biology, University of Naples, 80126 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7438-8034
Loredana AssisiComparative Endocrinology Laboratories (EClab), Department of Biology, University of Naples, 80126 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3448-8871
Anthonet N EzejioforAfrican Centre of Excellence for Public Health and Toxicological Research (ACE-PUTOR), University of Port Harcourt, PMB, Choba, Port Harcourt 5323, Nigeria.
Kenneth O OkoloAfrican Centre of Excellence for Public Health and Toxicological Research (ACE-PUTOR), University of Port Harcourt, PMB, Choba, Port Harcourt 5323, Nigeria.
Chinna N OrishDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, PMB, Choba, Port Harcourt 5323, Nigeria.
Rubina VangoneComparative Endocrinology Laboratories (EClab), Department of Biology, University of Naples, 80126 Naples, Italy.
Emidio M SivieriComparative Endocrinology Laboratories (EClab), Department of Biology, University of Naples, 80126 Naples, Italy.
Giulia GuerrieroComparative Endocrinology Laboratories (EClab), Department of Biology, University of Naples, 80126 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5018-072X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Male fertility is strongly affected by the overexpression of free radicals induced by heavy metals. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and gonado-protective effects of natural compounds. Biochemical and morphological assays were performed on male albino rats divided into five groups: a control group (water only), a group orally exposed to a metal mixture of Pb-Cd-Hg-As alone and three groups co-administered the metal mixture and an aqueous extract of the Nigerian medicinal plant,

Indexed as

Anonychium africanum (Prosopis africana)antioxidantsapoptosis regulatorheavy metalshormonesmale reproductive toxicityProsopis africana gonado-protective effects

Identifiers

PMID39334687
PMCPMC11429019

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