. 2023 May 4;23:145. doi: 10.1186/s12906-023-03953-6

Table 2.

Reproductive parameters of females treated with the ethanolic extract of S. lachnostachys (EESl)

Reproductive performance
Experimental Groups (mg/kg)
Parameters	Control	EESl 100	EESl 1000
Implants¹	13.50 ± 0.43^a	12.30 ± 0.60^a	13.89 ± 0.63^a
Live Fetuses¹	13.10 ± 0.41^a	11.80 ± 0.61^a	13.00 ± 0.71^a
Dead Fetuses	0.00 ± 0.00^a	0.00 ± 0.00^a	0.00 ± 0.00^a
Average no. of fetus¹	13.10 ± 0.41^a	11.80 ± 0.61^a	13.00 ± 0.71^a
Fetal Viability²	97.12 ± 1.18^a	96.02 ± 1.75^a	93.42 ± 1.84^a
PILR²	02.88 ± 1.18^a	03.97 ± 1.75^a	06.58 ± 1.84^a
Reabsorption²	0.40 ± 0.24^a	0.50 ± 0.45^a	2.12 ± 0.44^a
Reabsorption Rate²	04.55 ± 0.16^a	09.12 ± 0.22^a	0.89 ± 0.26^a
Sexual Reason¹	161.54 ± 28.77^a	141.00 ± 22.51^a	123.48 ± 15.16^a

Legend: PILR post-implantation loss rate; Equal letters indicate no statistically significant differences. Mean ± Standard Error of the mean (1—Anova/Tukey’s test; 2—Kruskal–Wallis/Dunn, p > 0.05)