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

Table 3.

Parameters of embryofetal development and placental efficiency of females treated with the ethanolic extract of S. lachnostachys (EESl)

Embryo development and placental efficiency
Experimental groups (mg/kg)
Parameter	Control	EESl 100	EESl 1000
Placental Weight (g)¹	0.0916 ± 0.00^a	0.0816 ± 0.00^b	0.0918 ± 0.01^a
Placental Index¹	0.0736 ± 0.00^ab	0.0717 ± 0.00^a	0.0776 ± 0.00^b
Placental Efficiency¹	14.3326 ± 0.29^ab	14.9859 ± 0.36^a	13.5319 ± 0.27^b
Fetal Weight (g)¹	1.2572 ± 0.01^a	1.1584 ± 0.01^b	1.1903 ± 0.01^c
% SGA²	7.6923	16.2393	18.2608*
% AGA²	89.2307	83.7606	80.8695
%LGA²	3.0769	00.00	0.8695

Legend: g grams, SGA small for gestational age, AGA adequate for gestational age, LGA large for gestational age; Statistical test: 1 Anova/Tukey—Mean ± Standard error of the mean: different letters indicate statistically significant differences; 2 Chi-square test; *indicates statistically significant difference compared to the control group; p˂0.05