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SUBMITTER: Saleh H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7435388 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Saleh Hamida H Nassar Atef M K AMK Noreldin Ahmed E AE Samak Dalia D Elshony Norhan N Wasef Lamiaa L Elewa Yaser H A YHA Hassan Shaimaa M A SMA Saati Abdullah A AA Hetta Helal F HF Batiha Gaber El-Saber GE Umezawa Masakazu M Shaheen Hazem M HM El-Sayed Yasser S YS
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20200731 15
Fipronil (FIP) is an insecticide commonly used in many fields, such as agriculture, veterinary medicine, and public health, and recently it has been proposed as a potential endocrine disrupter. The purpose of this study was to inspect the reproductive impacts of FIP and the possible protective effects of cerium nanoparticles (CeNPs) on male albino rats. Rats received FIP (5 mg/kg bwt; 1/20 LD<sub>50</sub>), CeNPs (35 mg/kg bwt) and FIP+CeNPs per os daily for 28 days. Serum testosterone levels, t ...[more]