Table 6 Skeletal malformations found in the offspring of females treated with the ethanolic extract of S. lachnostachys (EESl)

Analyzed fetuses

45

44

55

Normal Fetuses

18

11

20

Members

 Anterior phalanges

Absence

0

2

0

Reduced number

4

2

2

 Posterior phalanges

Absence

0

2

0

Reduced number

1

2

3

 Freq.Malf

5

8

5

 % M.F

11.11

18.18

9.10

 MTC

Reduced number

0

1

0

 MTT

Reduced number

0

1

0

 Freq.Malf

0

2

0

 %M.F

0

4.55

0

Sternum

 Sternum Bones

O.R. Last Center Sternal

19

22

33

Absence of the Last Sternal Center

1

6

3

 Absence

0

1

0

 Freq.Malf

20

29

36

 %M.F

44.44

65.90*

65.45*

Cranium

 Nasal

R.O

0

3

4

 Parietal

R.O

0

3

3

 Interparietal

R.O

0

3

3

 Supraoccipital

R.O

0

1

3

 Volmer

R.O

3

8

0

 Palate

R.O

1

5

1

 Basisphenoid

Absence

0

1

0

 Hamate

Absence

0

1

0

 Frontal

R.O

0

1

4

 Freq.Malf

4

26*

18*

 % M.F

8.89

59.09*

32.73*