Teratogenic Effect of Crude Ethanolic Root Bark and Leaf Extracts of Rauwolfia vomitoria (Apocynaceae) on Nissl Substances of Albino Wistar Rat Fetuses

Table 2

Nissl substance staining intensities of the cerebral cortex sections in the control and the treatment group animals.

Groups (𝑛=5)	Treatments	Staining intensity (RGB)
Control (A)	Distilled water	136.34±22.21
B	150 mg/kg per body weight of ethanolic root bark of Rauwolfia vomitoria	129.88±12.94^NS
C	250 mg/kg per body weight of ethanolic root bark of Rauwolfia vomitoria	126.77±19.34^NS
D	150 mg/kg per body weight of ethanolic leaf extracts of Rauwolfia vomitoria	150.744±13.64^NS
E	250 mg/kg per body weight of ethanolic leaf extracts of Rauwolfia vomitoria	134.83±21.39^NS

RGB: red + green + blue. Data presented as mean ± error of mean. ^NSNot significantly different from the control group at 𝑃<0.05.