Papers/PMID:41714744
A systematic review and meta-analysis of astaxanthin efficacy in male infertility: evidence from clinical and preclinical studies.
Scientific reports2026The record
1 finding drawn from this paper, on 1 compound across 1 endpoint, 1 of them null.
What it reported
How to read these marksEvery finding here is a null result.
What did not
1 finding
astaxanthin — no detected effect on total testosterone
PreliminaryGrade D, Preliminary. Non-human or in vitro only.FindingNull result“On the other hand, Olucan et al. (2021) did not observe any significant changes in testosterone levels in a formaldehyde toxicity model.”
Quoted verbatim from A systematic review and meta-analysis of astaxanthin efficacy in male infertility: evidence from clinical and preclinical studies.. - Study
- animal · not in humans
- Duration
- 14 days
- Dose
- 16 and 32 mg/kg, 14 days (Table 4)
- Population
- Wistar Albino rats; formaldehyde-induced testicular injury model (Ulucan et al. 2021)
A systematic review and meta-analysis of astaxanthin efficacy in male infertility: evidence from clinical and preclinical studies.2026PMID:41714744