Mai Elsayed's scientific contributions

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Article
Aims: Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is extensively used as food additive and flavor enhancer, there is a growing concern that this may affect the male reproductive system and fertility. The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of MSG on fertility and testes of mature male rats and the ameliorative role of water melon and cantaloupe (se...

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... One of the most widely used flavor enhancers all over the world is MSG . Harmful effects of monosodium glutamate on male sterility were recorded through different ways of administrations, one of which is the oral exposure to MSG which was proved to destroy the nerve cells of the hypothalamus in mice and rats (El-Masry & Elsayed, 2019). This exposure also indicates a disturbance in the hypothalamic-pituitary-testis regulatory axis that is responsible for the steroidogenesis of Leydig cells (Al-Shahari & El-Kott, 2019). ...