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A more accurate indicator to evaluate oxidative stress in rat plasma with osteoporosis[†]

Dong WC, Guo JL, Jiang XH, Xu L, Wang H, Ni XY, Zhang YZ, Zhang ZQ, Jiang Y. · 2023.

PreclinicalOther formsPublished 2023
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Source and classification

What kind of evidence is this?

Evidence stream

Preclinical

Reported design

Controlled rat biomarker study

Research topic

Musculoskeletal and pain research

Administration classification

Other forms

Study result signal

Exploratory positive preclinical biomarker signal.

Outcome type

Animal laboratory biomarker outcomes.

Reported in the source

Methods at a glance

Population or model

Rats in an ovariectomy-associated osteoporosis model.

Sample

Assay-specific groups of approximately 12 rats with smaller analytical subsets.

Duration

Four-week intervention.

Intervention

Hydrogen-rich saline during the model protocol.

Hydrogen form

H₂ dissolved in saline.

H₂ specification

About 1.6 ppm; article-specific volume and schedule.

H₂ flow

Not applicable.

O₂ delivered with H₂

No oxygen was co-delivered.

Comparator

Normal, ovariectomy and hydrogen-treatment groups.

Reported, not endorsed

Outcomes and reported result

Outcomes measured

Plasma redox-pair and oxidative-stress measurements.

Reported result

Selected plasma redox ratios were reported to differ between ovariectomy controls and the hydrogen-saline group.

Results-extraction completeness

The full article was checked for methods, intervention details, outcomes, positive and null findings, funding and conflicts. This record does not imply medical efficacy.

A reported association, difference or mechanism is not automatically a clinical benefit. Null findings, outcome type, study design and precision all matter.

Interpretation limits

Cautions and applicability

Design and reporting cautions

Surrogate biomarker study with no fracture or functional endpoint and small analytical subsets.

Applies directly to

The reported rat osteoporosis model only.

Preliminary appraisal framework

SYRCLE animal-study tool — preliminary

Preliminary risk-of-bias status

Some concerns

Appraisal rationale

Comparator groups were used, but allocation, assay blinding and selective-marker reporting were unclear.

Appraisal domains

Sequence generation checked where reported · Allocation concealment generally unclear · Personnel blinding generally unclear · Outcome-assessor blinding generally unclear · No prospectively registered analysis plan identified

No single-study GRADE certainty rating is assigned. Certainty is assessed by important outcome across a complete eligible evidence set, not by attaching a final grade to one source.

Provenance

Sources and record status

Identifiers

PMID: 36686958 · DOI: 10.1039/d2ra05572d

Publisher access

A free full article is available through PubMed Central.

Extraction basis

Official PubMed Central full article and PubMed bibliographic record; source identity, methods, intervention, results, funding and conflicts checked 10 August 2026.

Record revision

2026-08-10