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ArticleToxins2025

Differentiating Zeranol Implant Abuse and

Rafael Silva Gomes, Vanessa Gonçalves Dos Santos, Carlos Juliano da Silva, Amanda Martinez Nagato Simões, Eliene Alves Dos Santos, Mary Ane Gonçalves Lana, Kelly Moura Keller, Marco Blokland, Ane Arrizabalaga-Larrañaga, Rafael Romero Nicolino and 4 more

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Article in Toxins, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Rafael Silva GomesSchool of Veterinary, Federal University of Minas Gerais State (UFMG), Belo Horizonte 31270-901, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Vanessa Gonçalves Dos SantosFederal Laboratory of Animal and Plant Health and Inspection in São Paulo (LFDA-SP), Ministry of Agriculture (MAPA), Campinas 13100-105, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-2938-172X
Carlos Juliano da SilvaFederal Laboratory of Animal and Plant Health and Inspection in São Paulo (LFDA-SP), Ministry of Agriculture (MAPA), Campinas 13100-105, São Paulo, Brazil.
Amanda Martinez Nagato SimõesFederal Laboratory of Animal and Plant Health and Inspection in São Paulo (LFDA-SP), Ministry of Agriculture (MAPA), Campinas 13100-105, São Paulo, Brazil.
Eliene Alves Dos SantosFederal Laboratory of Animal and Plant Health and Inspection in Minas Gerais (LFDA-MG), Ministry of Agriculture (MAPA), Pedro Leopoldo 33250-220, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Mary Ane Gonçalves LanaFederal Laboratory of Animal and Plant Health and Inspection in Minas Gerais (LFDA-MG), Ministry of Agriculture (MAPA), Pedro Leopoldo 33250-220, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Kelly Moura KellerSchool of Veterinary, Federal University of Minas Gerais State (UFMG), Belo Horizonte 31270-901, Minas Gerais, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-2882-512X
Marco BloklandWageningen Food Safety and Research, European Union Reference Laboratory for Growth Promotors, Wageningen University & Research, 6700 HB Wageningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-3751-6065
Ane Arrizabalaga-LarrañagaWageningen Food Safety and Research, European Union Reference Laboratory for Growth Promotors, Wageningen University & Research, 6700 HB Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Rafael Romero NicolinoSchool of Veterinary, Federal University of Minas Gerais State (UFMG), Belo Horizonte 31270-901, Minas Gerais, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-5945-9949
Marcelo Resende de SouzaSchool of Veterinary, Federal University of Minas Gerais State (UFMG), Belo Horizonte 31270-901, Minas Gerais, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-7071-7304
Tadeu Chaves de FigueiredoSchool of Veterinary, Federal University of Minas Gerais State (UFMG), Belo Horizonte 31270-901, Minas Gerais, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-7562-9813
Saskia SterkWageningen Food Safety and Research, European Union Reference Laboratory for Growth Promotors, Wageningen University & Research, 6700 HB Wageningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5225-1862
Silvana de Vasconcelos CançadoSchool of Veterinary, Federal University of Minas Gerais State (UFMG), Belo Horizonte 31270-901, Minas Gerais, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0268-7603

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Resorcylic acid lactones (RALs) are fungal metabolites with known biological activity. Zeranol, a synthetic RAL, has been used as an estrogenic growth promoter in cattle; however, its use is prohibited in several countries. Zearalenone, a mycotoxin produced by

Indexed as

Animal FeedFood ContaminationFusariumLactonesMycotoxinsZea maysZeranolAnimalsCattleZearalenoneLactonesMycotoxinstaleranolZearalenoneZeranolfood safetygrowth promoterLC-MS/MSmycotoxinszeranol

Identifiers

PMID40711158
PMCPMC12299649

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