Assessment of Cytotoxicity, Fetotoxicity, and Teratogenicity of Plathymenia reticulata Benth Barks Aqueous Extract

Table 1

Reproductive performance of pregnant rats exposed to Plathymenia  reticulata aqueous extract.

Teratogenicity parameters	Control	Experimental 0.5 g/kg	Experimental 1.0 g/kg
Preimplantation loss (%)	0	0	0
Postimplantation loss (%)	0	1.69	5.55
Placenta weight (grams)	0.494 ± 0.07; (𝑛=59)	0.542 ± 0.09*; (𝑛=58)	0.530 ± 0.07*; (𝑛=51)
Fetus weight (grams)	1.336 ± 0.25; (𝑛=59)	1.433 ± 0.20*; (𝑛=58)	1.456 ± 0.15*; (𝑛=51)

^∗𝑃<0.05.