Table 5.

Skeletal malformations of 20 days old rat fetuses following treatment of pregnant rats with 70% ethanol extract of M. stenopetala leaf

Groups	Percent of skeletal malformations
	Hyoida	Sternuma	Rsb	CVd	TVb	LVd	SCVc
G-I: ((n = 27)	0	11.1	0	0	0	0	7.4
G-II (n = 27)	0	14.8	0	0	0	0	11.1
G-III (n = 27)	0	22.2	0	0	0	0	18.5
G-IV (n = 27)	0	11.1	0	0	0	0	7.4
G-V (n = 27)	0	7.4	0	0	0	0	7.4

Results are expressed as percentage of skeletal malformations (chi-square)

G-I: 250 mg/kg, G-II: 500 mg/kg, G-III: 1000 mg/kg treated groups; G-IV: pair-fed and G-V: ad libitum control groups

CV Cervical vertebrae, TV Thoracic vertebrae, LV Lumbar vertebrae, SCV Sacro-caudal vertebrae

^aSternum with less than 4 ossification centers and hyoid bone not showing signs of ossification

^bThoracic vertebrae with less than 13 ossification centers and with less than 13 ribs

^cCaudal vertebrae with less than 4 ossification centers

^dCervical vertebrae with less than 7 ossification centers and Lumbar vertebrae with less than 5 ossification centers