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Table 2 Effect of combined ethanolic extracts on ethanol/HCl-induced gastric ulcers in the rat

From: A study of antimicrobial activity, acute toxicity and cytoprotective effect of a polyherbal extract in a rat ethanol-HCl gastric ulcer model

Treatment

Dose (mg/kg body wt)

Mean ulcer index (n = 6)

%ge Protection

Solvent control

0

6.0

0

Combined 5 plant extracts

200 mg/kg

4.3 ± 0.8

28.3*

Combined 5 plant extracts

400 mg/kg

2.8 ±1.2

53.3*

Combined 5 plant extracts

800 mg/kg

1.1 ± 0.8

81.7*

Pantoprazole

40 mg/kg

0.7 ± 0.9

87.5*

  1. Each value is a mean of results of 6 rats. * = significant P ≤ 0.001 compared to solvent controls.