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 1

Effects of verbascoside on the in vitro meiotic maturation of prepubertal lamb oocytes.

Verbascoside concentration ( M)Number of cultured oocytesIVM medium typeNuclear chromatin configuration number (%)
GVMI to TIMII + PBDegenerated

09319 (9.7)c6 (6.5)59 (63.4)19 (20.4)a
111227 (24.3)d17 (15.3)60 (54.1)7 (6.3)b
204(*)36 (17.6)23 (11.3)119 (58.3)26 (12.7)

1.0379111 (13.9)12 (15.2)44 (55.7)12 (15.2)
118227 (22.9)21 (17.8)61 (51.7)9 (7.6)
197(*)38 (19.3)33 (16.8)105 (53.3)21 (10.7)

2.0698112 (12.2)c6 (6.1)a67 (68.4)c13 (13.3)
116233 (28.4)d21 (18.1)b50 (43.1)d12 (10.3)
214(*)45 (21)27 (12.6)117 (54.7)25 (11.7)

4.1198111 (11.2)c13 (13.3)58 (59.2)16 (16.3)
137236 (26.3)d23 (16.8)63 (46)15 (10.9)
235(*)47 (20)36 (15.3)121 (51.5)31 (13.2)

GV: germinal vesicle, M: metaphase, T: telophase, and PB: polar body. *Pooled data of oocytes cultured in medium 1 + medium 2. Chi-square test and multifactor ANOVA test: within each medium type and pooled data, VB-treated versus controls: NS; between media, within each VB concentration: ; .