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

Table 5

Pregnancy outcomes of the day 20 experiment after administration of Thymus schimperi essential oil.

Groups	No. of fetuses	Implantation ns sites	No. of resorptions/litter	No. of live fetuses/dam	No. of dead fetuses/dam
G-I (pair-fed control)	96	9.8 ± 0.74	0.20 ± 0.50	9.40 ± 0.80	0.2 ± 0.03
G-II (ad libitum)	98	10.1 ± 0.89	0.30 ± 0.52	9.50 ± 0.86	0.30 ± 0.04
G-III (EO 65 mg/kg)	86	9.0 ± 0.70	0.40 ± 0.38	8.20 ± 0.74	0.40 ± 0.05
G-IV (EO 130 mg/kg)	82	8.6 ± 1.02	0.40 ± 0.35	7.70 ± 0.72	0.50 ± 0.06
G-V (EO 260 mg/kg)	80	7.7 ± 0.65^b	0.70 ± 0.18^b	7.40 ± 0.71	0.60 ± 0.07

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