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Addition of ascorbate during cryopreservation stimulates subsequent embryo development

Author(s) -

Michelle Lane

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

human reproduction

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446

H-Index - 226

eISSN - 1460-2350

pISSN - 0268-1161

DOI - 10.1093/humrep/17.10.2686

Subject(s) - cryopreservation , embryo , andrology , blastocyst , hydrogen peroxide , ascorbic acid , embryo cryopreservation , oxidative stress , chemistry , inner cell mass , embryogenesis , biology , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , food science , medicine

Embryo development following cryopreservation is reduced compared with fresh embryos. One of the traumas that cryopreservation imparts on embryos is an increase in oxidative stress. Therefore, this study investigated the effects of the addition of the antioxidant ascorbate to the cryopreservation solutions on subsequent embryo development.

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