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- - The study explored how different concentrations of nanoalumina affect sex hormones and fetal outcomes in pregnant rats.
- - Pregnant rats were divided into groups and treated with varying concentrations of nanoalumina, revealing increased progesterone and reduced estrogen at specific doses along with a notable rise in fetal abortions.
- - Findings suggest that while lower doses had no fetal abortions, higher doses (particularly 500µg/ml) resulted in the highest rate of abortions and affected fetal size, indicating nanoalumina's potential toxicity in pregnancy.
Article Abstract
Objective: This study aimed at investigating the effect of nanoalumina on sex hormones, and fetuses in pregnant rats.
Methods: In this study, sixty-four pregnant rats were divided into eight groups. The control and the injection-control group received normal food and water, and 0.5 ml of distilled water, respectively. Treatment groups were treated with 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, and 1000µg/ml concentrations of Nanoalumina from the 7th day until the 18th day of pregnancy. On the 18th day, the rats were investigated in terms of their hormone levels. We evaluated the number of healthy and aborted offspring, as well as fetus size.
Results: Nanoalumina caused an increase in progesterone hormones at the concentrations of 250, and 500µg/ml, and a significant reduction in estrogen hormone and aborted fetuses at the concentrations of 250 and 500µg/ml (p<0.05). The largest and smallest size of fetuses were observed in 500µg/ml and 1000µg/ml, respectively. The highest number of aborted fetuses was observed in the group treated with the 500µg/ml concentration. There was no aborted fetuses with 25, 50,100, control, and injection-control groups.
Conclusions: Due to nanoalumina toxicity, it must be used with caution.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9118966 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/1518-0557.20210045 | DOI Listing |
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