Research Article

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

Table 6

Survival index of pubs from female rats administered with UNCP for a 15-day period before mating (%).

GroupPostnatal days (PND)
1–44–77–1414–2121–281–28

Cocoa HD92.32 ± 6.4097.00 ± 2.0394.39 ± 2.81100.00 ± 0.00100.00 ± 0.0084.78 ± 6.79
Cocoa TD93.06 ± 2.86100.00 ± 0.00100.00 ± 0.00100.00 ± 0.00100.00 ± 0.0093.06 ± 2.86
Vehicle control89.25 ± 7.21100.00 ± 0.0092.86 ± 5.1798.41 ± 1.59100.00 ± 0.0082.99 ± 6.80