Research Article

Prooxidant Effects of Verbascoside, a Bioactive Compound from Olive Oil Mill Wastewater, on In Vitro Developmental Potential of Ovine Prepubertal Oocytes and Bioenergetic/Oxidative Stress Parameters of Fresh and Vitrified Oocytes

Table 2

Effects of verbascoside on cleavage and blastocyst developmental rates of prepubertal lamb oocytes after IVF and IVP.

Verbascoside concentration ( M)Number of MII oocytes
Number of cleaved embryos (%)Number of blastocysts (%)
24 h after-IVF30 h after-IVFAt day 7At day 8

020076 (38)150 (75)28 (18.7)a36 (24)a
1.03240103 (42.9)189 (78.7)38 (20.1)59 (31.2)
2.0622077 (35)156 (70.9)18 (11.5)18 (11.5)b
4.1124093 (38.7)185 (77.1)11 (5.9)b22 (11.9)b

Chi-square test: .