Evaluation of Aqueous Leaf Extract of Cardiospermum halicacabum (L.) on Fertility of Male Rats

Table 5

Fertility study of Wistar rats repeatedly treated for 30 days with 200 mg/kg (group A), 100 mg/kg (group B) aqueous extraction of Cardiospermum halicacabum leaves, and the distilled water (group C).

Treatment	Number of pregnant females	Number of implantation sites	Number of viable fetuses	Total number of resorption sites
Group A	19/20	9.96 ± 1.83	9.85 ± 1.67
Group B	18/20	9.19 ± 1.05	8.73 ± 1.12	5
Group C (control)	17/10	7.17 ± 0.60	6.23 ± 1.05	6

Data are expressed as mean ± S.E. , .