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 5

Post vitrification/warming mitochondrial distribution pattern of prepubertal lamb MII oocytes obtained after IVM in presence of verbascoside.

Verbascoside concentration Number of MII oocytes Mitochondrial distribution pattern number (%)
Homogeneous
HeterogeneousAbnormal
Total
(1 + 2 + 3)
Peri-nuclear/peri-cortical (1)Peri-nuclear (2)Peri-cortical (3)

0 (control)158 (53.3)7 (46.7)0 (0)2 (13.3)5 (33.3)0 (0)
1.031811 (61.1)6 (33.3)2 (11.1)1 (5.6)3 (16.7)1 (5.6)
2.061914 (73.7)5 (26.3)0 (0)0 (0)5 (26.3)0 (0)
4.111410 (71.4)4 (28.6)0 (0)2 (14.3)2 (14.3)0 (0)

Chi-square test: NS.