Table 1 Ovarian reserve of eggs determined by the number of ovarian follicles at different stages of development
Study Groups | Control | Fertility impaired model | Letrozole (0.036 µg/kg) | SLSO (µg/kg) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0.25 | 0.64 | 1.28 | 6.4 | 12.8 | 128 | |||||
Follicle count—Ovarian Reserve of Eggs | Primary growth (PG) | 114 ± 8.2 | 97 ± 6.8#### | 137 ± 7**** | 99 ± 9.2 | 113 ± 8.5**** | 320 ± 6.9**** | 352 ± 5.9**** | 458 ± 7.9**** | 389 ± 9.8**** |
Pre-Vitellogenic (PV) | 296 ± 8.1 | 79 ± 8.9#### | 256 ± 7.7**** | 83 ± 8.5 | 94 ± 6.3**** | 490 ± 6.9**** | 291 ± 7.9**** | 125 ± 8.4**** | 131 ± 6.6**** | |
Early Vitellogenic (EV) | 311 ± 8.3 | 16 ± 6.8#### | 140 ± 7.4**** | 27 ± 8.5**** | 31 ± 7.8**** | 34 ± 7.5**** | 39 ± 7.4**** | 208 ± 8.4**** | 264 ± 7.5**** | |
Mid-Vitellogenic (MV) | 109 ± 7.8 | 9 ± 7.6#### | 96 ± 8.4**** | 10 ± 5.8 | 20 ± 6.3**** | 31 ± 8.0**** | 28 ± 7.2**** | 49 ± 7.0**** | 64 ± 9.1**** | |
Final growth (FG) | 483 ± 7.6 | 12 ± 6#### | 356 ± 7.6**** | 31 ± 7.1**** | 91 ± 8.0**** | 119 ± 7.7**** | 196 ± 8.4**** | 321 ± 8.6**** | 401 ± 7.8**** | |
Total | 1313 ± 16.3 | 213 ± 15.3#### | 985 ± 18.0**** | 250 ± 17.0**** | 348 ± 18.4**** | 993 ± 15.6**** | 906 ± 18.4**** | 1161 ± 17.6**** | 1249 ± 19.0**** | |