Table 3.
Number and percentage of intact (int) and degenerated (deg) follicles in various stages of development after trypan blue staining.
| Group | Primary follicles (%) | Preantral follicle (%) | Antral follicle (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total | int | deg | Total | int | deg | total | int | deg | |
| Control | 74 | 72 (98) | 2 (2) | 64 | 62 (98) | 2 (2) | 71 | 68 (96) | 3 (4) |
| Gen | 71 | 69 (98) | 2 (2) | 61 | 58 (96) | 3 (4) | 68 | 66 (98) | 2 (2) |
| PCOS | 45 | 37 (83)a† | 8 (17)a† | 49 | 41 (83)a* | 8 (17)a* | 46 | 39 (84)a* | 7 (6)a* |
| Gen+PCOS | 70 | 68 (98) | 2 (2) | 58 | 55 (96) | 3(4) | 70 | 68 (98) | 2 (2) |
a
Represents a significant difference between PCOS and other groups.
*
p<0.01,
†
p<0.001.
Gen: genistein; PCOS: polycystic ovary syndrome.