The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a new medicinal plant extract (Ankaferd Blood Stopper®, ABS) on the healing process of aphthous ulcers. A total of 50 patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) who have had currently a single oral ulcer in the mouth were included in the study. Patients were randomly divided in 2 groups: ABS group and Kenacort group (triamcinolon...

Glycyrrhiza glabra L. is used in folk medicine for treatment of stomach disorders includingpeptic ulcers. The hydroalcoholic extract of Glycyrrhiza glabra L. (HEGG) was evaluated forantiulcerogenic activity and acute toxicity profile in mice. Various doses of HEGG (50-200mg/kg) were administered orally to animals of different groups. Omeprazole and cimetidine atdoses of 30 and 100 mg/kg were us...

Abstract Background Sepia officinalis ink is a bioactive secondary metabolite rich in melanin granules, which has wide range of nutritional and therapeutic values also been used to prevent various gastrointestinal disorders. Gastric ulcer, the most common disease, characterized by severe gastric mucosa damage, its prevention currently one main goals clinical experimental studies. Thus, present ...

This study aimed to compare fasting and postprandial gastrointestinal motor patterns in patients with ulcer and non-ulcer dyspepsia. Forty five subjects were studied: 10 with uncomplicated gastric ulcer, eight with uncomplicated duodenal ulcer, 18 with chronic idiopathic dyspepsia, and nine healthy asymptomatic controls. Gastrointestinal fasting and postprandial motor patterns were recorded usi...

Ulcers are the most common form of GI disorder that is often caused by either inflammation or infection that certainly affected 10% of the population at risk. Among all types of ulcers, peptic ulcer is the more catastrophic one. This point made an exemption objective to conduct an investigation for antiulcer activity of alcoholic extract of Garuga pinnata leaves in rats. Acute gastric lesions i...

BACKGROUND To report a rare presentation of culture-positive Mycobacterium chelonae corneal ulcer and its management. FINDINGS We report a rare case of a patient with a history of chronic pain and blurriness of vision. Examination revealed a chronic nonhealing paracentral corneal ulcer inferiorly at the 5-7 o'clock meridian with anterior chamber reaction unresponsive to routine antibiotic and...

Insulin-stimulated gastric secretion alone, without reference to basal secretion, has been examined in 45 male patients with duodenal ulcer in whom no gastric operation had been performed and in 124 patients following vagotomy for duodenal ulcer. Gastric juice was examined in terms not only of conventional indices, observed volume, titratable acidity and acid output, but also Vg, the volume cor...

This project's aim was to determine the reserpine-induced gastric ulcer preventive effect of polysaccharide of Larimichthys crocea swim bladder (PLCSB) in ICR mice. The anti-gastric ulcer effects of polysaccharide of Larimichthys crocea swim bladder was evaluated in mice model using morphological test, serum levels assay, cytokine levels assay, tissue contents analysis, reverse transcription-po...

Ethnobotanical claims regarding Kigelia africana reported antiulcer properties as part of its medicinal application. In this work, aqueous leaf extract from K. africana was investigated for its phytochemical constituents and antiulcer potential against ethanol-induced ulcer in rats. The participation of oxidative stress on ethanol-induced ulcer and the potential protective antioxidant activity ...