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Screening of some Turkish medicinal plants for their antiulcerogenic activities
Author(s) -
Yeşilada Erdem,
Sezik Ekrem,
Fujita Tetsuro,
Tanaka Shigeo,
Tabata Mamoru
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
phytotherapy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.019
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1573
pISSN - 0951-418X
DOI - 10.1002/ptr.2650070313
Subject(s) - traditional medicine , plantaginaceae , medicinal plants , botany , biology , medicine
Our field surveys on the traditional medicine in Turkey revealed that several plants are used for the treatment of ulcers; Cedrus libani, Centaurea solstitialis ssp. solstitialis, Cistus laurifolius, Hypericum scabrum, Plantago major, Sambucus ebulus and Spartium junceum . Various extracts prepared from these plants were tested by using a water immersion‐stress ulcer model in rats to confirm the claimed activities. Pharmacological experiments clearly demonstrated that the aqueous extracts of all the plants given orally showed significant antiulcerogenic activity.