The Developmental Toxicity of Thymus schimperi Essential Oil in Rat Embryos and Fetuses

Table 4

Daily food intakes and maternal weight gains of animals in the day 20 administration of essential oil of Thymus schimperi.

Groups	Daily food intake (g/day)			Maternal weight gain (g/day)
	Days 1–5	Days 6–12	Days 13–20	Days 6–12	Days 13–20
G-I (pair-fed control)	15.50 ± 0.16	15.91 ± 0.41	16.51 ± 0.42	5.96 ± 0.61	16.01 ± 0.75
G-II (ad libitum)	15.30 ± 0.07	15.70 ± 0.13	16.45 ± 0.51	5.89 ± 0.72	16.62 ± 0.80
G-III (EO 65 mg/kg)	15.16 ± 0.17	15.53 ± 0.11	16.20 ± 0.22	5.72 ± 0.81	15.70 ± 0.50
G-IV (EO 130 mg/kg)	15.20 ± 0.06	15.66 ± 0.31	16.10 ± 0.09	5.65 ± 0.61	15.65 ± 0.49
G-V (EO 260 mg/kg)	15.37 ± 0.09	15.40 ± 0.05	16.00 ± 0.03	3.32 ± 0.56^b	9.41 ± 0.32^b

Results are stated as mean ± SDM. ^bResults significantly different () from both pair-fed control and ad libitum groups.