Toxicity of Methanolic Extracts of Seeds of Moringa stenopetala, Moringaceae in Rat Embryos and Fetuses

Table 2

Pregnancy outcome and embryonic growth following treatment of pregnant rats with Moringa seed extracts in the day 12 experiment.

Groups	Pregnancy outcomes		Embryonic growth
	Implantation sites per litter	Resorptions per litter	Number of somites	Morphological scores
G-I (pair-fed)
G-II (M250)
G-III (M500)
G-IV (M1000)		^a	^a	^a
G-V (ad libitum)
-statistic	1.241	4.071	51.81	11.62
value	0.33	0.014	<0.001	<0.001

Results are summarized as . ^aSignificantly different () from ad libitum control, pair-fed control, M250 mg/kg, and M500 mg/kg groups.