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 (%).
| Group | Postnatal days (PND) | 1–4 | 4–7 | 7–14 | 14–21 | 21–28 | 1–28 |
| Cocoa HD | 92.32 ± 6.40 | 97.00 ± 2.03 | 94.39 ± 2.81 | 100.00 ± 0.00 | 100.00 ± 0.00 | 84.78 ± 6.79 | Cocoa TD | 93.06 ± 2.86 | 100.00 ± 0.00 | 100.00 ± 0.00 | 100.00 ± 0.00 | 100.00 ± 0.00 | 93.06 ± 2.86 | Vehicle control | 89.25 ± 7.21 | 100.00 ± 0.00 | 92.86 ± 5.17 | 98.41 ± 1.59 | 100.00 ± 0.00 | 82.99 ± 6.80 |
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