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Table 3.

Comparison of live and dead blastomeres stained in control group and the cells exposed to 100 μl MEHP or 100 μl DEHP


Groups	Number of staining blastocysts	Mean of Live blastomeres ± SD	Dead cells

Control	4	84.1 ± 7.06	0
MEHP	3	47.9 ± 5.01^a	3.4 ± 0.55^a
DEHP	3	56.66 ± 5.4^{a, b}	2.67 ± 1.37^{a, b}

MEHP; Mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, DEHP; Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, ^a; Significant difference of control and MEHP-treated groups, P<0.05, and ^b; Significant difference of DEHP and MEHP-treated groups, P<0.05.