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Maternal molecular hydrogen administration on lipopolysaccharide-induced mouse fetal brain injury

Nakano T, Kotani T, Mano Y, Tsuda H, Imai K, Ushida T, Li H, Miki R, Sumigama S, Sato Y, Iwase A, Hirakawa A, Asai M, Toyokuni S, Kikkawa F. · Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition. 2015;57(3):178-182.

PreclinicalH₂-rich waterPublished 2015Source checked
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Study at a glance

Evidence type

Preclinical

Population or model

mouse, mice, tissue, tissues used to study other neurological conditions.

Intervention and dose

Full text reports H₂ dissolved in drinking water. No numeric quantity is inferred beyond the source wording. · The full article describes the H₂ intervention but does not report a numeric H₂ concentration.

Duration

Multiple article-specific time points; see the linked full methods.

Reported result

Article-reported result excerpt (24 words maximum): “This induction was partially decreased in the H_2 water + LPS group compared to the LPS group, but this difference was found not to…” This excerpt is not a complete result summary; consult the linked full text for all positive and null findings.

Main limitation

Preclinical evidence only; findings do not establish a treatment effect in people. Funding or grant information is reported in the full article. The article declares no conflicts of interest.

Evidence and classification

What kind of evidence is this?

Evidence type

Preclinical

Reported design

Controlled animal and cell study

Research topic

Other neurological conditions

Administration form

H₂-rich water

Information not yet classified

Some editorial classification fields are still pending. The source-reported outcomes and result are shown below; Hydrogenology does not infer a positive or negative signal from prose automatically.

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Methods

Population or model

mouse, mice, tissue, tissues used to study other neurological conditions.

Sample

Preclinical study; group or assay counts reported in the full text include n=10.

Duration

Multiple article-specific time points; see the linked full methods.

Intervention

Full text reports H₂ dissolved in drinking water. No numeric quantity is inferred beyond the source wording.

Hydrogen form

H₂ dissolved in drinking water — H₂ only unless the full text explicitly reports oxygen co-delivery.

Dose or H₂ specification

The full article describes the H₂ intervention but does not report a numeric H₂ concentration.

Comparator

Control or comparison condition reported in the full article; see the linked methods for arm-specific details.

Reported, not endorsed

Outcomes and reported result

Outcomes measured

survival or mortality, clinical symptoms or functional scores, inflammation and cytokines, oxidative-stress and antioxidant markers, apoptosis or cell injury, neurological or behavioral measures

Reported result

Article-reported result excerpt (24 words maximum): “This induction was partially decreased in the H_2 water + LPS group compared to the LPS group, but this difference was found not to…” This excerpt is not a complete result summary; consult the linked full text for all positive and null findings.

Extraction completeness

The complete machine-readable article was checked for source identity, methods, intervention quantities, results, tables, funding and conflict declarations. This public record is based on the full article.

A reported association, difference or mechanism is not automatically a clinical benefit.

Interpretation limits

Limitations and applicability

Main methodological cautions

Preclinical evidence only; findings do not establish a treatment effect in people. Funding or grant information is reported in the full article. The article declares no conflicts of interest.

Applies directly to

Applies to the reported animal, cell or tissue model, not directly to patients.

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Sources and status

Sources and record status

Identifiers

PMID: 26566302 · DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.15-90

Publisher access

A free full article is available through PubMed Central.

Extraction basis

Official Europe PMC JATS full article and PubMed/PMC identifiers; structured full-text extraction and validation completed 8 August 2026.

Last reviewed

10 August 2026

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