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Table 4 Effect of plant extracts on fetal weight, number and mortality of infected and non-infected pregnant mice (before littering)

From: Antiplasmodial activities and abortifacient properties of three commonly used African indigenous anti-malarial plants in Plasmodium berghei infected pregnant mice: implication for maternal and fetal health

Groups (mg/kg body weight)

Fetal weight (g)

Fetal number

Fetal mortality (%)

% Miscarriage

Infected

Non-infected

Infected

Non-infected

Infected

Non-infected

Infected

Non-infected

C. citratus 100

0.71 ± 0.01a

0.97 ± 0.14b

4.67 ± 0.67a

7.00 ± 0.58b

7.07b

0.00a

20.00b

0.00a

C. citratus 200

0.61 ± 0.02a

0.98 ± 0.10b

5.33 ± 0.33a

6.33 ± 0.33b

37.53b

0.00a

40.00b

20.00a

C. citratus 300

0.53 ± 0.01a

0.83 ± 0.10b

8.00 ± 0.58b

6.00 ± 1.00a

62.50b

25.50a

60.00b

40.00a

M. lucida 100

0.88 ± 0.02a

1.11 ± 0.13b

8.00 ± 0.58b

7.67 ± 0.67ab

25.00b

0.00a

40.00b

0.00a

M. lucida 200

0.90 ± 0.07a

1.08 ± 0.10b

7.83 ± 1.76b

9.00 ± 0.58b

19.54b

11.11a

20.00a

40.00b

M. lucida 300

0.91 ± 0.07a

1.07 ± 0.10b

6.67 ± 0.33a

8.00 ± 0.58b

55.02b

24.13a

60.00b

40.00a

Untreated

0.70 ± 0.06a

1.21 ± 0.13b

7.67 ± 1.45a

10.67 ± 0.67b

0.00a

0.00a

0.00a

0.00a

Fansidar (SP)

0.98 ± 0.33a

1.10 ± 0.06ab

12.67 ± 0.88b

10.33 ± 0.33a

0.00a

0.00a

0.00a

0.00a

  1. Values were expressed as mean ± standard error of mean (S.E.M). Values with different superscripts (alphabets) in a column are significantly different (p < 0.05)
  2. Mean values presented were from three dissected mice from a total of five in each group