Selenium nanoparticles mitigated hepatic damage and genotoxicity, testicular and renal damage in rats intoxicated with aflatoxins.

Studied

An animal experiment tested whether selenium nanoparticles reduced liver, kidney and reproductive harm from aflatoxin.

Who / model

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.

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.

Limits

Tissue recovery was incomplete. Kidney toxicity did not return to normal; both selenium nanoparticles and aflatoxin had kidney-toxic effects.

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