Volume 14, Issue 33, January - June, 2020

Lantana camara ameliorates gastric ulcer in aspirin-induced ulcer in wistar rats

Gabriel D. Edem^1♦, Sarah I. Essien², Akpan U. Ekanem¹, Kingsley A. Okon¹, Samuel S. Gabriel¹

¹Department of Anatomy, College of Health Sciences, University of Uyo, Nigeria
²Department of Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences, University of Uyo, Nigeria

^♦Corresponding author
Department of Anatomy, College of Health Sciences, University of Uyo, Nigeria. Email: profgabe4sure@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Traditional medicine has been of immense importance to the world teeming populace. A total of (16) sixteen rats were used for this investigation to affirm the traditional use of Lantana camara in the treatment of ulcer. They were divided into 4 groups of 4 animals each, the following parameters were measured and recorded, ulcer score, PH, gastric acid and proteins. The plant has been found to reduce ulcer score, reduce PH and reduce gastric acid secretion. This indicated and affirms the anti-ulcer potentials of the widely used plant

Keywords: ulcer, ulcer score, Lantana camara, traditional medicine

Drug Discovery, 2020, 14(33), 50-56

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