Table 1.

Pregnancy outcomes of day 12 khat experiment.

Treatment group	Maternal weight gain per litter (g)	Implantation sites per litter	Resorptions per litter
Group I (control) n = 5	14.2 ± 0.01	9.8 ± 0.8	0.2 ± 0.4
Group II (K250) n = 5	4.9 ± 0.4a	9.8 ± 0.8	0
Group III (K500) n = 5	3.9 ± 4.9a	9.6 ± 1.1	0.2 ± 0.4
Group IV (K750) n = 5	3.1 ± 4.5a	7.8 ± 0.8b	0.6 ± 0.9a
Group V (ad libitum control) n = 5	14.6 ± 2.9	10.2 ± 0.8	0

K250: khat extract 250 mg/kg; K500: khat extract 500 mg/kg; K750: khat extract 250 mg/kg; n: number of pregnant rats; results are summarized as mean ± SDM; ^asignificantly different (p < 0.05) from the ad libitum group and pair-fed control group at all doses of treatment; ^bsignificantly different (p < 0.05) from the ad libitum control group; one-way ANOVA.