Effect of ginger tea on the fetal development of Sprague-Dawley rats.

摘要: This study investigated the effect of ginger, a common morning sickness remedy, on fetal development. Pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats were administered, from gestation day 6 to 15, 20 g/liter or 50 ginger tea via their drinking water and then sacrificed at 20. No maternal toxicity was observed, however embryonic loss in treatment groups double that controls (P < 0.05). gross morphologic malformations seen treated fetuses. Fetuses exposed found be significantly heavier than controls, an greater female fetuses not correlated with increased placental size. Treated also had more advanced skeletal development as determined by measurement sternal metacarpal ossification centers. The results this suggest utero exposure early embryo growth surviving