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. 2018 Nov 15;65(1):73–81. doi: 10.1262/jrd.2018-089

Table 3. In vitro development of mouse embryos with different concentrations of H2O2.

Treated groups No. of zygotes
cultured
Percentages of embryos developed to [mean (SEM), %]
2-cell 4-cell Blastocyst
Control 125 96.2 ± 0.87 a 82.3 ± 1.43 a 45.0 ± 1.10 a
H2O2 (5 μM) 127 88.2 ± 1.02 a 78.2 ± 1.96 a 38.2 ± 0.80 a
H2O2 (10 μM) 126 89.3 ± 1.30 a 62.0 ± 2.00 b 23.0 ± 1.73 b
H2O2 (20 μM) 125 86.4 ± 1.10 a 57.5 ± 1.77 c 10.0 ± 0.72 c

a–c Values within a column with different superscripts significantly differ (P < 0.05). Experiment was replicated more than 5 times.