Effect of all-trans retinol on in vitro development of preimplantation buffalo embryos

Vitamin A is a well-known antioxidant and is essential for embryonic development, growth and differentiation. Oxidative stress is involved in the etiology of defective embryo development. The present study evaluated whether the presence of all-trans retinol (0, 1, 2, 5 and 10 μM) in maturation mediu...

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Main Authors: B. Thiyagarajan, K. Valivittan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2009-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731108003455