ROLE OF ABRUS PRECATORIUS L. IN EXPERIMENTAL PEPTIC ULCER
A. Zechariah Jebakumar
Dept. of Research and Scientific studies, Prince Sultan Military college of Health Sciences, Dhahran-31932, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Hassan S. Nondo
Dept. of Research and Scientific studies, Prince Sultan Military college of Health Sciences, Dhahran-31932, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Siju K. George
Dept. of Research and Scientific studies, Prince Sultan Military college of Health Sciences, Dhahran-31932, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
G.Manoj
Dept of Pharmacology, C.L. Baid Metha College of Pharmacy, Thoraipakkam, Chennai - 600096, India
Gastric and duodenal ulcers were induced in rats by ethanol and cysteamine respectively. Anti peptic ulcer activity of the leaves of Abrus precatorius L., a plant of Eastern Himalaya, was studied in those experimental peptic ulcer models. Results were compared with omeprazole, a known drug for peptic ulcer. It was found out that Abrus precatorius L. exerted anti peptic ulcer activity against ethanol and cysteamine induced peptic ulcerations but the activity was less than that of omeprazole.
6 , 1 , 2016
39 - 43