Review Article
Recent Progress in Cryopreservation of Bovine Oocytes
Table 2
Supplementation effect of L-carnitine to IVM medium on the cryotolerance of bovine oocytes [
84,
86].
| L-Carnitine | Vitrification | Nuclear maturation | Survival | Cleavage | Blastocyst yield |
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Chankitisakul et al. [84] | − | − | 67% | 92%a | 84%a | 44%a | + | − | 65% | 93%a | 84%a | 45%a | − | + | | 81%b | 57%b | 20%b | + | + | | 83%b | 63%b | 34%a |
|
Phongnimitr et al. [86] | − | − | 68%d | 100% | 78%c | 24%d | + | − | 78%c | 100% | 76%c | 31%c | − | + | | 86% | 67%d | 11%e | + | + | | 88% | 69%d | 13%e |
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Superscripts a versus b, c versus d versus e in each column: . Concentration of L-carnitine in the IVM medium: 0.6 mg/mL.
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