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

Table 5

Pregnancy outcomes of day 20 Moringa seed extract experiment.

Groups	No. of fetuses	Implantation sites	Number of resorptions/litter	Number of live fetus/dam	Number of dead fetus/dam
G-I	49
G-II	43
G-III	43
G-IV	41		^a	^b
G-V	48
-statistic	0.841	2.46	4.8	4.333	0.923
value	0.501	0.079	0.007	0.011	0.47

Results are summarized as . ^aSignificantly different () from ad libitum, pair-fed control groups, M250 mg/kg, M500 mg/kg, and M1000 mg/kg groups (ANOVA). ^bSignificantly different () from ad libitum and pair-fed control groups.