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Table 2.

The effect of melatonin on IVF Embryo Developmental potential of oocytes.

Groups	No. of MII Oocytes	No. of Cleavage Embryos (%)	No. of Blastocysts (%)	No. of D8 Hatched Blastocysts (%)
IOs	215	142 (66.15 ± 2.64) ^Aa	47 (33.1 ± 0.87) ^Aa	3 (6.4 ± 2.36) ^Aa
IOs + MT	228	182 (79.8 ± 2.42) ^ABb	70 (38.5 ± 1.11) ^ABb	9 (12.9 ± 2.99) ^ABa
COCs	369	334 (90.5 ± 0.60) ^Bc	147 (44.0 ± 0.74) ^Bc	42 (28.6 ± 1.01) ^Bb

^a,b^,c Values with different superscripts represent significant difference within the same column (p < 0.05); ^A,B Values with different superscripts represent highly significant difference within the same column (p < 0.01), IOs, inferior bovine oocytes; MT, melatonin; COCs, cumulus–oocyte complexes.