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Table 1 Antiulcer activity of an 80% ethanol extract of aerial parts of C. vitellinum

From: Antimicrobial activity, acute toxicity and cytoprotective effect of Crassocephalum vitellinum (Benth.) S. Moore extract in a rat ethanol-HCl gastric ulcer model

Group No.

Dose of extract (mg/kg body wt)

Mean ulcer index (n = 6)

% age protection

1

Solvent control

6

0

2

200

2.7 ± 1.0

55.0*

3

400

1.7 ± 1.4

71.7*

4

800

0.7 ± 0.4

88.3*

5.

40 mg/kg body wt pantoprazole

0.7 ± 0.9

88.3*

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