Cryo lettersPub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.54680/fr23410110312
S. Diantina, Craig McGill, A. C. McCormick, J. Millner, Hugh W. Pritchard, J. Nadarajan
{"title":"Comparative seed cryopreservation of indonesian and new zealand epiphytic and terrestrial orchids.","authors":"S. Diantina, Craig McGill, A. C. McCormick, J. Millner, Hugh W. Pritchard, J. Nadarajan","doi":"10.54680/fr23410110312","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54680/fr23410110312","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND\u0000The atypical seed storage behaviour reported in several orchid species justifies cryopreservation as a complementary conservation strategy to conventional seed banking.\u0000\u0000\u0000OBJECTIVE\u0000This study aimed to assess the seed cryopreservation potential of five orchid species; two tropical epiphytic, Indonesian species (Dendrobium strebloceras, D. lineale), one temperate epiphytic, New Zealand species (D. cunninghamii) and two temperate terrestrial, New Zealand species (Pterostylis banksii, Thelymitra nervosa).\u0000\u0000\u0000MATERIALS AND METHODS\u0000Seeds were cryopreserved by direct immersion in liquid nitrogen (LN) and through the application of a cryoprotectant vitrification method. For the latter, seeds were exposed to Plant Vitrification Solution 2 (PVS2) for 0, 20, 50, and 70 min, at either room temperature or on ice, prior to immersion in LN.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000Seeds of all the studied species germinated well following direct cooling in LN. There was no difference in the seedling development capability between cryopreserved and non-cryopreserved seeds of both tropical epiphytic species and direct immersion in LN enhanced seed germination and shoot formation in both temperate terrestrials.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSION\u0000Through a range of analyses of germination and post-germination growth, our study shows the potential for cryopreserving epiphytic or terrestrial orchids from tropical and temperate regions. Doi: 10.54680/fr23410110312.","PeriodicalId":10937,"journal":{"name":"Cryo letters","volume":"73 1","pages":"197-207"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84321569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cryopreservation of zygotic embryos of Podophyllum hexandrum Royle, an endangered medicinal plant, by vitrification and v cryo-plate techniques.","authors":"K Parasher, S Sharma, P Mukherjee, P H Qazi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Podophyllum hexandrum is a highly endangered valuable medicinal plant of the Himalayas belonging to family Berberidaceae. This plant needs conservation efforts due to the over-exploitation and unscrupulous harvesting from the wild because of its ever-increasing demand.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To establish a long-term cryopreservation method for Podophyllum hexandrum using two techniques: Vitrification and V Cryo-plate.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Zygotic embryos were cryopreserved using vitrification and V cryo-plate by optimization of parameters including preculture time, loading time and PVS2 dehydration time. Recovery of zygotic embryos was performed on different regrowth media for plantlet formation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>With V cryo-plate, 90% regrowth was obtained as compared to 73.3% with vitrification. V Cryo-plate conditions were pre-culture of zygotic embryos in 0.3 M sucrose for 4 days, treatment in loading solution with 0.8 M sucrose for 20 min, dehydration in PVS2 for 50 min, LN exposure, unloading in 1.2 M sucrose for 20 min and transfer of zygotic embryos to regrowth medium for recovery. During recovery, the maximum number of shoots (4.2) and highest shoot length (5.1 cm) were observed on regrowth medium with 1.5 mg per liter BAP and 0.1 mg per liter IAA (R7).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Zygotic embryos of Podophyllum hexandrum were cryopreserved with 90% regrowth using a V cryoplate technique and plantlets were produced directly after cryopreservation. Doi: 10.54680/fr23410110712.</p>","PeriodicalId":10937,"journal":{"name":"Cryo letters","volume":"44 4","pages":"219-228"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50160980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cryo lettersPub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.54680/fr23410110412
Pablo Luis Fracaro, C. Corcini, Norton Luis Souza Gatti, Jorge Squeff Filho, I. B. Acosta, Felipe Pires Hartwig, Bruna Da Rosa Curcio, A. S. V. Junior
{"title":"Freezing of equine semen is influenced by exposure time and concentration of the cryoprotectant glycerol.","authors":"Pablo Luis Fracaro, C. Corcini, Norton Luis Souza Gatti, Jorge Squeff Filho, I. B. Acosta, Felipe Pires Hartwig, Bruna Da Rosa Curcio, A. S. V. Junior","doi":"10.54680/fr23410110412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54680/fr23410110412","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND\u0000Glycerol is a cryoprotectant widely used in the freezing of mammalian semen, but no study has demonstrated its optimum concentration and the appropriate exposure time for equine species.\u0000\u0000\u0000OBJECTIVE\u0000To demonstrate that the exposure time (15, 30, 45, 60, 75 and 90 min) versus concentration (2, 3, 4 and 5%) of the cryoprotectant glycerol influences the freezing success of equine semen.\u0000\u0000\u0000MATERIALS AND METHODS\u0000The ejaculate of 12 stallions were frozen in different glycerol concentrations following different exposure times. The thawed sperm was evaluated for kinetic parameters using a Computer Assisted Semen Analysis (CASA) system and cell feature parameters were assessed by flow cytometry.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000Considering the total and progressive motility of the spermatozoa, we concluded that protocols using 5% glycerol for 15 and 30 min exposure, 4% glycerol for 45 min exposure and 3% glycerol for 90 min exposure generated the best results.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSION\u0000We suggest the use of any of these protocols for a better cryopreservation of equine semen. Doi: 10.54680/fr23410110412.","PeriodicalId":10937,"journal":{"name":"Cryo letters","volume":"12 1","pages":"234-239"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87084319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cryo lettersPub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.54680/fr23410110112
N. Abtahi, Z. Ghezelayagh, Iran Nemati, F. Eivazkhani, P. Farzaneh, A. Shahverdi, Gholam Reza Goudarzi, Abdurrahim Pedram, Elham Amirchaghmaghi, M. R. Valojerdi, Sherman Silber, R. Fathi
{"title":"Cryobiology and fertility preservation: a perspective on past, current and future studies.","authors":"N. Abtahi, Z. Ghezelayagh, Iran Nemati, F. Eivazkhani, P. Farzaneh, A. Shahverdi, Gholam Reza Goudarzi, Abdurrahim Pedram, Elham Amirchaghmaghi, M. R. Valojerdi, Sherman Silber, R. Fathi","doi":"10.54680/fr23410110112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54680/fr23410110112","url":null,"abstract":"Cryopreservation has been used over many decades for the maintenance of viable biological specimens. Its expansion into the area of fertility preservation has been a natural outcome of the increased risks to human fertility from diseases, such as cancer and its treatment protocols, including radiation and chemo-therapy, and the general lifestyle trend to later marriages. The use of assisted reproductive techniques (ART) in preserving fertility have benefitted significantly from new scientific approaches, such as cryostorage, in which live cells and tissues are stored at low temperatures and revived when necessary. This review focuses on \"cryopreservation science monitoring in reproductive biomedicine\" to evaluate knowledge, trends, driving forces, impetus, and emerging technologies in order to draw a future roadmap for this field. Our analysis of the field of cryobiology emphasizes the significance of strategic planning of cryobiology research to support more its extensive use in therapeutics in the future. The Royan Institute (Tehran, Iran) recognises this need and has developed a strategic plan to engage in multidisciplinary research on the application of cryobiology, including cryobioengineering, in disease mitigation. We hoped that this study can help improve the quality and quantity of public discourse and expert awareness of the role for cryopreservation in fertility preservation within ART. DOI: 10.54680/fr23410110112.","PeriodicalId":10937,"journal":{"name":"Cryo letters","volume":"18 1","pages":"185-196"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77218111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S Diantina, C McGill, A C McCormick, J Millner, H W Pritchard, J Nadarajan
{"title":"Comparative seed cryopreservation of indonesian and new zealand epiphytic and terrestrial orchids.","authors":"S Diantina, C McGill, A C McCormick, J Millner, H W Pritchard, J Nadarajan","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The atypical seed storage behaviour reported in several orchid species justifies cryopreservation as a complementary conservation strategy to conventional seed banking.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to assess the seed cryopreservation potential of five orchid species; two tropical epiphytic, Indonesian species (Dendrobium strebloceras, D. lineale), one temperate epiphytic, New Zealand species (D. cunninghamii) and two temperate terrestrial, New Zealand species (Pterostylis banksii, Thelymitra nervosa).</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Seeds were cryopreserved by direct immersion in liquid nitrogen (LN) and through the application of a cryoprotectant vitrification method. For the latter, seeds were exposed to Plant Vitrification Solution 2 (PVS2) for 0, 20, 50, and 70 min, at either room temperature or on ice, prior to immersion in LN.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Seeds of all the studied species germinated well following direct cooling in LN. There was no difference in the seedling development capability between cryopreserved and non-cryopreserved seeds of both tropical epiphytic species and direct immersion in LN enhanced seed germination and shoot formation in both temperate terrestrials.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Through a range of analyses of germination and post-germination growth, our study shows the potential for cryopreserving epiphytic or terrestrial orchids from tropical and temperate regions. Doi: 10.54680/fr23410110312.</p>","PeriodicalId":10937,"journal":{"name":"Cryo letters","volume":"44 4","pages":"197-207"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50160978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N S Abtahi, Z Ghezelayagh, I Nemati, F Eivazkhani, P Farzaneh, A Shahverdi, G R Goudarzi, A Pedram, E Amirchaghmaghi, M R Valojerdi, S Silber, R Fathi
{"title":"Cryobiology and fertility preservation: a perspective on past, current and future studies.","authors":"N S Abtahi, Z Ghezelayagh, I Nemati, F Eivazkhani, P Farzaneh, A Shahverdi, G R Goudarzi, A Pedram, E Amirchaghmaghi, M R Valojerdi, S Silber, R Fathi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cryopreservation has been used over many decades for the maintenance of viable biological specimens. Its expansion into the area of fertility preservation has been a natural outcome of the increased risks to human fertility from diseases, such as cancer and its treatment protocols, including radiation and chemo-therapy, and the general lifestyle trend to later marriages. The use of assisted reproductive techniques (ART) in preserving fertility have benefitted significantly from new scientific approaches, such as cryostorage, in which live cells and tissues are stored at low temperatures and revived when necessary. This review focuses on \"cryopreservation science monitoring in reproductive biomedicine\" to evaluate knowledge, trends, driving forces, impetus, and emerging technologies in order to draw a future roadmap for this field. Our analysis of the field of cryobiology emphasizes the significance of strategic planning of cryobiology research to support more its extensive use in therapeutics in the future. The Royan Institute (Tehran, Iran) recognises this need and has developed a strategic plan to engage in multidisciplinary research on the application of cryobiology, including cryobioengineering, in disease mitigation. We hoped that this study can help improve the quality and quantity of public discourse and expert awareness of the role for cryopreservation in fertility preservation within ART. DOI: 10.54680/fr23410110112.</p>","PeriodicalId":10937,"journal":{"name":"Cryo letters","volume":"44 4","pages":"185-196"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50160979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S V Kushnarenko, N K Rymkhanova, M M Aralbayeva, N V Romadanova
{"title":"In vitro cold acclimation is required for successful cryopreservation of Juglans regia L. shoot tips.","authors":"S V Kushnarenko, N K Rymkhanova, M M Aralbayeva, N V Romadanova","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Persian walnut (Juglans regia L.) is one of the most economically important nut crops. In the Western Tien Shan in Kazakhstan, walnut forests are the northernmost in the natural range of this species. Shoot tip cryopreservation is an important strategy to ensure long-term clonal conservation of plant genetic resources.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine the effect of cold acclimation duration (0-6 weeks) with alternating temperatures (8 h at 22 degree C, light intensity 10 μmol m<sup>-2</sup> s<sup>-1</sup>/16 h at -1 degree C, in the dark) and of plant vitrification solution 2 (PVS2) exposure duration (30, 50, 80 or 100 min) on shoot tip regrowth after cryopreservation by vitrification.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>In vitro-grown shoots of three wild Juglans regia accessions from a native population of Sairam-Ugam National Natural Park in the south of Kazakhstan and of cultivar Milotai 10 were used as sources of plant material. Shoot tips (1.8-2.0 mm with five to six leaf primordia) were excised from in vitro-grown shoots and cryopreserved using PVS2 vitrification technique.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Regrowth of cryopreserved shoot tips increased and was significantly higher (P < 0.05) after 4-6 weeks cold acclimation with the highest regrowth between 59.9-67.8 degree after 5 weeks for the four genotypes tested. The highest regrowth level was obtained after 80 min of PVS2 exposure, which was significantly better (P < 0.05) compared to 30, 50 or 100 min exposure.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The PVS2 vitrification protocol established is very effective for cryopreservation of both unique wild J. regia germplasm and of walnut cultivars. Doi: 10.54680/fr23410110612.</p>","PeriodicalId":10937,"journal":{"name":"Cryo letters","volume":"44 4","pages":"240-248"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50160982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cryo lettersPub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.54680/fr23410110612
S. Kushnarenko, Nazgul K. Rymkhanova, Moldir Aralbayeva, N. Romadanova
{"title":"In vitro cold acclimation is required for successful cryopreservation of Juglans regia L. shoot tips.","authors":"S. Kushnarenko, Nazgul K. Rymkhanova, Moldir Aralbayeva, N. Romadanova","doi":"10.54680/fr23410110612","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54680/fr23410110612","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND\u0000Persian walnut (Juglans regia L.) is one of the most economically important nut crops. In the Western Tien Shan in Kazakhstan, walnut forests are the northernmost in the natural range of this species. Shoot tip cryopreservation is an important strategy to ensure long-term clonal conservation of plant genetic resources.\u0000\u0000\u0000OBJECTIVE\u0000To determine the effect of cold acclimation duration (0-6 weeks) with alternating temperatures (8 h at 22 degree C, light intensity 10 μmol m-2 s-1/16 h at -1 degree C, in the dark) and of plant vitrification solution 2 (PVS2) exposure duration (30, 50, 80 or 100 min) on shoot tip regrowth after cryopreservation by vitrification.\u0000\u0000\u0000MATERIALS AND METHODS\u0000In vitro-grown shoots of three wild Juglans regia accessions from a native population of Sairam-Ugam National Natural Park in the south of Kazakhstan and of cultivar Milotai 10 were used as sources of plant material. Shoot tips (1.8-2.0 mm with five to six leaf primordia) were excised from in vitro-grown shoots and cryopreserved using PVS2 vitrification technique.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000Regrowth of cryopreserved shoot tips increased and was significantly higher (P < 0.05) after 4-6 weeks cold acclimation with the highest regrowth between 59.9-67.8 degree after 5 weeks for the four genotypes tested. The highest regrowth level was obtained after 80 min of PVS2 exposure, which was significantly better (P < 0.05) compared to 30, 50 or 100 min exposure.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSION\u0000The PVS2 vitrification protocol established is very effective for cryopreservation of both unique wild J. regia germplasm and of walnut cultivars. Doi: 10.54680/fr23410110612.","PeriodicalId":10937,"journal":{"name":"Cryo letters","volume":"159 1","pages":"240-248"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76970132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cryo lettersPub Date : 2023-05-01DOI: 10.54680/fr23310110512
S. K. Malik, S. Kaur, R. Choudhary, R. Chaudhury, H. Pritchard
{"title":"Comparative cryopreservation of indian wild orange (Citrus indica Tanaka) embryonic axes.","authors":"S. K. Malik, S. Kaur, R. Choudhary, R. Chaudhury, H. Pritchard","doi":"10.54680/fr23310110512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54680/fr23310110512","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND\u0000Indian Wild Orange (Citrus indica Tanaka) is an endangered and endemic species from northeast India for which effective ex situ conservation strategies, including embryo cryopreservation, are urgently needed.\u0000\u0000\u0000MATERIALS AND METHODS\u0000Desiccation tolerance and cryopreservation ability for embryonic axes of Citrus indica was determined using three techniques (air desiccation-freezing, PVS2 vitrification-freezing and encapsulation-dehydration-freezing). Success was assessed as survival and recovery in vitro.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000Successful cryopreservation of embryonic axes was achieved using all three methods, with the highest survival achieved when using air desiccation-freezing (90%) followed by encapsulation-dehydration (85%) and PVS2 vitrification cryopreservation (80%). Regeneration levels were lower than survival levels for all three proceedures. Post-cryo regeneration success was: encapsulation-dehydration (64%) > air desiccation-freezing (55%) > PVS2 vitrification (52%).\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSION\u0000Although there was relatively high post-cryopreservation recovery growth obtained using all the three techniques, the air desiccation-freezing technique is preferred, as it is a simple, practical and reproducible technique for the long-term cryobanking of this important wild species. Doi: 10.54680/fr23310110512.","PeriodicalId":10937,"journal":{"name":"Cryo letters","volume":"24 1","pages":"142-150"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78980826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cryo lettersPub Date : 2023-05-01DOI: 10.54680/fr23310110712
Desirée Coelho de Mello Seal, M. M. Monteiro, L. Arruda, Jerônimo Hugo de Souza, Robson Raion de Vasconcelos Alves, Luiz Alberto Lira Soares, T. Napoleão, P. M. Guedes Paiva, Lucas Eduardo Bezerra de Lima, Regina C. Bressan Queiroz de Figueiredo, M. Guerra
{"title":"Aqueous extract OF Moringa oleifera Lam leaves added to freezing extenders damages goat sperm membranes.","authors":"Desirée Coelho de Mello Seal, M. M. Monteiro, L. Arruda, Jerônimo Hugo de Souza, Robson Raion de Vasconcelos Alves, Luiz Alberto Lira Soares, T. Napoleão, P. M. Guedes Paiva, Lucas Eduardo Bezerra de Lima, Regina C. Bressan Queiroz de Figueiredo, M. Guerra","doi":"10.54680/fr23310110712","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54680/fr23310110712","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND\u0000Semen cryopreservation is a biotechnology used frequently in animal production; however, there are some obstacles, such as those caused by high levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Moringa oleifera (MO) is known as a potent source of antioxidants and might be an important adjuvant.\u0000\u0000\u0000OBJECTIVE\u0000The objective of this study was to determine the effect of different concentrations of MO extract supplementation on goat semen cryopreservation efficiency.\u0000\u0000\u0000MATERIALS AND METHODS\u0000Ejaculates (n=6) from four goat breeders were pooled and diluted in skimmed milk (SM) or Tris-egg yolk (TEY)-based extenders and supplemented with different concentrations of MO extract (0, 1, 2 and 5 mg/mL). After the freeze-thaw cycle, sperm kinetics and viability were assessed.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000With the SM extender, straightness, wobble and plasma membrane integrity were lower than in the control group (P < 0.05). With the TEY extender, wobble was lower in with 5 mg/mL MO extract than in the control group (P < 0.05). As regards sperm ultrastructure, evaluated by SEM, the MO extract, regardless of the diluent used, damaged the membrane of sperm cells in a dose-dependent manner.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSION\u0000The addition of aqueous extract of MO leaves in both diluents at all concentrations tested affects the parameters of sperm progressivity and damages the plasma membrane in a dose-dependent manner. DOI: 10.54680/fr23310110712.","PeriodicalId":10937,"journal":{"name":"Cryo letters","volume":"1 1","pages":"151-159"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86558628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}