SOURCE-LINKED STUDY SUMMARY
Selenium nanoparticles mitigated hepatic damage and genotoxicity, testicular and renal damage in rats intoxicated with aflatoxins.
Abstract summarizedQuality not appraised
- What was studied
- An animal experiment tested whether selenium nanoparticles reduced liver, kidney and reproductive harm from aflatoxin.
- Who / model studied
- Thirty-six male rats aged three months were divided equally among control, selenium, aflatoxin and combined-exposure groups. Treatment duration is not stated.
- Studied dose & schedule
- Dose and schedule have not yet been extracted for this summary.
- What the study found
- Selenium-treated groups had higher testosterone and estradiol than the aflatoxin group. Tissue structure improved with combined treatment, but DNA fragmentation remained elevated with aflatoxin and combined exposure.
- Limitations & context
- Tissue recovery was incomplete. Kidney toxicity did not return to normal; both selenium nanoparticles and aflatoxin had kidney-toxic effects.
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Original publication ↗ · DOI: 10.1016/j.repbio.2026.101247