The present paper summarizes the toxicological data on the effects of the organochlorine
pesticides DDT, its metabolites, TCPM, methoxychlor and lindane on folliculogenesis …

In recent years, progress has been achieved in the production of pig embryos through IVM
and IVF techniques. Cytoplasmic maturation of oocytes has been improved by modifications …

Supplementation of IVM medium with cysteamine, β-mercaptoethanol, cysteine and cystine
induced bovine oocyte glutathione (GSH) synthesis, but only the effect of cysteamine on the …

Antioxidants may be beneficial additives to synthetic culture media because these well
defined media lack serum or other macromolecules that serve as reactive oxygen species …

We investigated the effects of resveratrol, a phytoalexin with various pharmacologic
activities, on in vitro maturation (IVM) of porcine oocytes. We investigated intracellular …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of vitrification and beta-mercaptoethanol (β-ME) on
reactive oxygen species (ROS) activity and in vitro development of oocytes vitrified before or …

Cysteamine and β-mercaptoethanol supplementation of in vitro maturation (IVM) medium
has been found to increase intracellular glutathione (GSH) content in oocytes and to …

To elucidate the beneficial effects of porcine follicular fluid (pFF) added to maturation
medium on the sustenance of cytoplasmic maturation responsible for the subsequent …

For most infertile couples, in vitro fertilization (IVF) represents the only chance to conceive.
Given the limited success of IVF procedures, novel approaches are continuously tested with …

This study aimed to examine whether the addition of glutathione ethyl ester (GSH-OEt) to the
in vitro maturation (IVM) medium would improve the resilience of bovine oocytes to …