Table I.
Diameter of cultured preantral follicles derived from fresh ovaries, vitrified ovaries and vitrified follicles in the presence or absence of alpha lipoic acid (ALA)
| Groups | ALA | NO. of follicles |
Follicle diameter (
µm ± SD)
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 th day | 2 th day | 4 th day | |||
| Fresh ovaries | |||||
| - | 240 | 148.2 ± 5.3 | 189.6 ± 11.4a | 290.5 ± 26.3a | |
| + | 180 | 147.5 ± 6.6 | 223.9 ±17.1b | 323.3 ± 11.6b | |
| Vitrified ovaries | |||||
| - | 180 | 147.6 ± 5.2 | 170.5 ± 13.1d | 255.3 ± 37.3d | |
| + | 180 | 147.3 ± 6.5 | 176.5 ± 4.8c | 262.9 ± 4.7c | |
| Vitrified pre-antral follicles | |||||
| - | 180 | 148.3 ± 5.0 | 175.3 ± 7.2c | 264.2 ± 6.7c | |
| + | 180 | 148.6 ± 5.7 | 180.5 ± 7.2a | 272.1± 18.4a | |
In all cases at least 4 experimental replicates were performed. Different superscripts in the same column reflect different levels of significant difference (p<0.05)