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All groups were assessed for body weight, testicular weight, serum follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, testosterone, prolactin, nitric oxide, adropin, endothelin levels, semen analysis, CD4\n                      <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                      , CD8\n                      <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                      , CD25\n                      <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                      , and testicular nitric oxide synthase (NOS) immunoreactivity.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Outcome<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:italic>C. gileade<\/jats:italic>\n                      nsis maintains sexual integrity and infertility in mice.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Diabetic groups treated with\n                      <jats:italic>C. gileadensis<\/jats:italic>\n                      had significantly higher body weight than the untreated group. Furthermore, the diabetic group treated with\n                      <jats:italic>C. gileadensis<\/jats:italic>\n                      sap had significantly increased testicular weight than the untreated groups. Diabetic groups treated with\n                      <jats:italic>C. gileadensis<\/jats:italic>\n                      had significantly greater testosterone levels than the untreated groups. Additionally, these groups exhibit considerably higher nitric oxide and adropin levels than the untreated diabetic group. Endothelin levels were considerably lower in diabetic groups treated with\n                      <jats:italic>C. gileadensis<\/jats:italic>\n                      than in the untreated group. Semen analysis shows that the diabetic group treated with\n                      <jats:italic>C. gileadensis<\/jats:italic>\n                      sap had considerably more sperm count than the untreated group (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.05). CD4\n                      <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                      , CD8\n                      <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                      , CD4\n                      <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                      , CD25\n                      <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                      , and CD8\n                      <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                      CD25\n                      <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                      were reduced significantly in diabetic mice treated with\n                      <jats:italic>C. gileadnesis<\/jats:italic>\n                      . In addition, the NOS immunoreactivity is greater in diabetic\n                      <jats:italic>C. gileadensis<\/jats:italic>\n                      treated groups than in the untreated group.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Clinical implications<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:italic>C. gileadensis<\/jats:italic>\n                      induces mice erectile function and fertility.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Strength and limitations<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study does not use laser Doppler flowmetry for the measurement of erectile dysfunction.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:italic>C. gileadensis<\/jats:italic>\n                      ameliorates infertility and erectile dysfunction in diabetic mice.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1515\/med-2025-1166","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,10]],"date-time":"2025-03-10T12:21:22Z","timestamp":1741609282000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["<i>Commiphora gileadensis<\/i>\n                    ameliorate infertility and erectile dysfunction in diabetic male mice"],"prefix":"10.1515","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7906-2009","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ayman Saeed","family":"Alhazmi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University , Taif , 24227, 20006 Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"374","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025122201305022906_j_med-2025-1166_ref_001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Gabr AA, Omran EF, Abdallah AA, Kotb MM, Farid EZ, Belal DS, et al. 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