SOURCE-LINKED STUDY SUMMARY
Amphora Coffeaeformis Extract as a Novel Therapeutic Agent against Gamma Radiation-Induced Infertility in Male Rats.
Abstract summarizedQuality not appraised
- What was studied
- Whether an Amphora coffeaeformis algal extract improved reproductive injury after gamma radiation.
- Who / model studied
- Male Wistar rats given whole-body gamma radiation followed by oral extract for 21 days, compared with irradiated and nonirradiated controls. The abstract does not give group sizes.
- Studied dose & schedule
- In this male Wistar rat experiment, animals first received a single whole-body gamma-radiation exposure of 3.5 Gy, then were treated with Amphora coffeaeformis algal extract by mouth at 772 mg per kg of body weight daily for 21 consecutive days. Radiation-only rats were described as a comparison. These are animal-study exposures, not human doses.
- What the study found
- Compared with radiation alone, extract treatment improved testicular weight, tissue appearance and semen measurements. Sperm motility recovered from 0.00 percent to 70.66 percent, and testosterone rose from 0.67 to 2.43 ng/mL.
- Limitations & context
- These results concern recovery from severe radiation injury in rats. They do not establish fertility or testosterone benefits in healthy people.
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Original publication ↗ · DOI: 10.1007/s12010-026-05902-8