Obesity is related to reproductive problems such as: higher amount of apoptotic oocytes, a lower number of recovered oocytes, oocytes of smaller size and lower number of mature oocytes. Therefore, women with obesity are candidates for assisted reproductivetechniques. However, these women require higher doses of gonadotropins to achieve ovarian stimulation...
Malathion is one of the most commonly used insecticides, recent findings have demonstrated that it induces oxidative stress in somatic cells, but there are not enough studies demonstrating this effect in germ cells. Malathion impairs porcine oocyte viability and maturation, but studies have not shown how oxidative stress affects maturation...