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ArticleVeterinary world2025

Effects of melatonin on

Laura Andrea Blancas-Alvarez, Alma Lilia Alvarez-Guerrero, Alicia Alcantar-Rodriguez, Alfredo Medrano

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Article in Veterinary world, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Melatonin: A Silver Bullet for Fertility and Reproductive Health.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Laura Andrea Blancas-AlvarezLaboratory of Animal Reproduction (L2), Multidisciplinary Research Unit (UIM), Faculty of Superior Studies, Cuautitlan, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Cuautitlan Izcalli 54714, Mexico.
Alma Lilia Alvarez-GuerreroDepartment of Comparative Biology, Faculty of Sciences, National Autonomous University of Mexico, CDMX 04510 Mexico.
Alicia Alcantar-RodriguezLaboratory of Animal Reproduction (L2), Multidisciplinary Research Unit (UIM), Faculty of Superior Studies, Cuautitlan, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Cuautitlan Izcalli 54714, Mexico.
Alfredo MedranoLaboratory of Animal Reproduction (L2), Multidisciplinary Research Unit (UIM), Faculty of Superior Studies, Cuautitlan, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Cuautitlan Izcalli 54714, Mexico.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and Aim: Materials and Methods: Ovaries were obtained from prepubertal gilts at a local slaughterhouse. A total of 1142 cumulus-oocyte-complexes (COC) were allocated into four groups and matured Results: Although supplementation with 1.0 μM MLT resulted in the highest metaphase II oocyte maturation rate (45.9% ± 5.70%) and blastocyst formation (26.9% ± 9.57%), no significant differences were observed among treatments in either oocyte maturation, COC viability, or embryo development stages (p > 0.05). Conclusion: Supplementation with 0-5 μM MLT during oocyte maturation and embryo culture did not significantly enhance

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cumulus-oocyte-complexesembryo developmentin vitro maturationmelatoninpigs

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