Reproductive Toxicity of Theobroma cacao: Increase in Survival Index, Nongenotoxic, and Proimplantation Potential

Table 4

Influence of UNCP on the reproductive function of female rats when administered for 15 days before mating.

Animal groupings	Number per female			Preimplantation loss, %	Postimplantation loss, %
	Corpora lutea	Implantation sites/number of implants	Viable fetuses
Cocoa HD	13.22 ± 1.34	12.00 ± 1.54	11.22 ± 1.46	10.11 ± 5.60	7.27 ± 2.86
Cocoa TD	13.11 ± 0.72	12.33 ± 1.03	11.11 ± 1.27	7.09 ± 4.32	9.55 ± 6.74
Vehicle control	13.57 ± 0.84	12.14 ± 1.10	10.29 ± 1.19	11.28 ± 4.10	15.04 ± 5.47
Historical control	14.13 ± 0.88	13.00 ± 1.09	12.00 ± 1.21	8.44 ± 3.93	8.49 ± 2.80