Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Table 1 Effect of melatonin addition to maturation media on cytoplasmic maturation of buffalo oocytes

From: Effect of melatonin on developmental competence, mitochondrial distribution, and intensity of fresh and vitrified/thawed in vitro matured buffalo oocytes

Media	No. of oocytes	Cumulus expansion grade
		GӀӀӀ			GӀӀ			GӀ			G0
		No.	Mean ± SE	%	No.	Mean ± SE	%	No.	Mean ± SE	%	No.	Mean ± SE	%
TCM	289	114	22.8 ± 1.59	39.44 ± 1.40^b	67	13.40 ± 1.12	23.18 ± 2.15^a	60	12 ± 0.83	20.76 ± 1.30^a	48	9.60 ± 1.69	16.60^a ± 2.06^a
TCM + Mel	234	143	28.60 ± 2.37	61.11 ± 4.97^a	44	8.80 ± 2.37	18.80 ± 3.82^b	30	6 ± 1.73	12.82 ± 2.69^b	17	3.40 ± 0.24	7.26 ± 1.07^b

^a,^bMeans denoted within the same column with different superscripts are significantly different at (P < 0.05)

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