Toxic Effect of Khat in Rat Embryos and Fetuses

Table 6

Growth of rat fetus following treatment with khat.

Treatment group	Fetal weight (g)	Crown-rump length (cm)
Group I, control pair-fed
Group II, K250
Group III, K500
Group IV, K750	^a	^a
Group V, ad libitum control

K250: khat extract 250 mg/kg; K500: khat extract 500 mg/kg; K750: khat extract 250 mg/kg; results are summarized as ; ^asignificantly different () from ad libitum and pair-fed control groups; one-way ANOVA.