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Pinostrobin alleviates testicular and spermatological damage induced by polystyrene microplastics in adult albino rats

Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 2023 43 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Muhammad Umar Ijaz, Saira Najam, Ali Hamza, Rabia Azmat, Asma Ashraf, Jeremiah Oshiomame Unuofin, Sogolo Lucky Lebelo, Jesús Simal‐Gándara

Summary

Researchers found that pinostrobin, a natural flavonoid, alleviated testicular damage and sperm abnormalities induced by polystyrene microplastics in rats, suggesting it may be a potential therapeutic candidate for microplastic-related reproductive toxicity.

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Therefore, it is concluded that PN may prove a potential therapeutic candidate to restore all the PS-MPs-induced testicular toxicities.

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