Effects of Curcumin Supplementation on Viability and Antioxidant Capacity of Buffalo Granulosa Cells under in vitro Culture Conditions

Abstract

This study was conducted during the period from 2013 to 2017 in cooperation between Cairo University research park (CURP) at the Faculty of Agriculture and the Animal Production Research Institute represented in the Department of Biotechnology Giza, Egypt. to determine effects of curcumin supplementation with concentrations (1, 2.5, 5 and 10 µM) on viability and antioxidant capacity of buffalo granulosa cells under in vitro culture conditions. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of adding curcumin with different concentrations to the culture media on the development of Buffalo GCs and study both the of viability, Mitochondrial activity, Reactive oxygen species level and enzyme activity. The results could be summarized as follows: 1. Studying the effect of adding curcumin on the viability of