Publications by authors named "Marcela Oliveira Das Merces"
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- This study investigated how adding bovine follicular fluid (BFF) at 5% or 10% levels to in vitro fertilization (IVF) medium affects embryo development in bovines.
- Despite the variation in BFF supplementation, there were no significant differences in embryo cleavage and blastocyst formation rates among the groups.
- The only notable gene expression differences were in blastocysts from the 10% BFF group, which showed lower levels of certain genes compared to controls, suggesting that 5% BFF may create a more optimal and less stressful environment for embryo development.
Despite the cytotoxicity and embryotoxicity previously reported artesunate is a recommended drug to treat malaria for adults, children, and women in the first trimester of pregnancy. To address the putative effects of artesunate on female fertility and preimplantation embryo development, when the pregnancy is not detectable yet, artesunate was added to the oocyte maturation and embryo development of bovine. Briefly, in experiment 1 the cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) were matured for 18 h with 0.
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