Cochlospermum planchonii (Hook f) is a common medicinal plant used in Nigeria traditional medicine for treatment of different ailments including ulcers. The anti ulcer activity of the root bark methanol extract of Cochlospermum planchonii was evaluated using different [ethanol, acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin), cold/restraint stress and pyloric ligation/histamine - induced ulcers and acid product...

The effect of 50 % ethanolic extract of Alectra parasitica var. Chirakutensis was assessed in different acute gastric ulcer models in rats. Alectra parasitica administered orally at dose levels of 50 – 200 mg/kg, twice daily for 3 days showed dose dependent ulcer protective effect 48.89 – 82.22% protection on aspirin -induced acute ulcers. Besides, Alectra parasitica reduced the ulcer index wit...

conclusions the peripheral arterial disease is more frequent in patients with the severe form of cvi, than in patients without cvi. concomitant risk factors for cvi and pad were high bmi and hypertension. in each patient with severe cvi it is necessary to determine the abpi, in order to exclude the presence of pad. results our results showed that the risk factors for cvi were high body mass ind...

BACKGROUND Historically, complication rates after pressure ulcer reconstruction utilizing flap coverage have been high. Patients undergoing operations for pressure ulcer coverage typically have multiple risk factors for postoperative complications. The purpose of this study was to examine a large patient series in the pressure ulcer population to uncover objective evidence of the linkage betwee...

Objective: Zataria multiflora has been reported to have several medicinal properties including antioxidant, antibacterial, antispasmodic, and expectorant activities. This study aimed to investigate the effect of Z. multiflora hydro-alcoholic extract (ZMHE) on peptic ulcer caused by indomethacin in rats. Materials and Methods: ZMHE was prepared by maceration,  condensed by rotary evaporator and ...

Circadian rhythms are driven by endogenous clock gene and affects in several gastric parameters causing ulcerogenesis. The study was aimed to evaluate the time dependent antiulcer activity of hydroxyzine in cold-stress-induced ulcer model. The ulcer protection effect of hydroxyzine was studied at various time intervals (9 am, 1 pm, 5 pm, 91 pm, 1 am and 5 am) in cold stress ulcer model using wi...

Twenty nine patients with localized cutaneous leishmaniasis had lymph node and skin ulcer aspirations for culture of Leishmania with the modified Marzochís vacuum aspiratory technique. Sensitivity of lymph node aspiration was 58.6% and 34.5% for skin ulcer aspiration (P=0.06). Combined sensitivity of the two methods was 79.3%. There was no agreement between methods (Kappa Index = -0.084; CI95% ...

research advances during recent years offer new insight into therapy and the prevention of gastrointestinal ulcers by using medicinal plants. flavonoids, tannins, triterpenoids, fatty acids and essential oils are among the most effective herbal constituents that have potential antiulcerogenic properties, and most of them could be found in zataria multiflora. z. multiflora is one of the indigeno...

circadian rhythms are driven by endogenous clock gene and affects in several gastric parameters causing ulcerogenesis. the study was aimed to evaluate the time dependent antiulcer activity of hydroxyzine in cold-stress-induced ulcer model. the ulcer protection effect of hydroxyzine was studied at various time intervals (9 am, 1 pm, 5 pm, 91 pm, 1 am and 5 am) in cold stress ulcer model using wi...

introduction: according to the traditional use of falcaria vulgaris for gastric ulcer in the northwest of iran, our pervious work showed protective effect of this vegetable on ethanol-induced gastric lesion. this study was designed to find out wound healing effect of hydroalcolic extract from falcaria vulgaris leaves on aspirin induced gastric ulcer in rats.  materials & methods: 21 young male ...