Open AccessEFFECT OF PHARMACOLOGICAL DOSES OF GARLIC AND OMEGA 3 ON GASTRIC LESIONS INDUCED BY ETHANOL IN MICE
Author(s) -
Ausama Ayoob Jaccob
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
asian journal of pharmaceutical and clinical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2455-3891
pISSN - 0974-2441
DOI - 10.22159/ajpcr.2016.v9i5.12833
Subject(s) - ranitidine , garlic oil , mucus , ulcer index , medicine , gastroenterology , oral administration , ethanol , pharmacology , gastric mucosa , traditional medicine , stomach , chemistry , biochemistry , food science , biology , ecology
Objective: This work was designed to investigate and compare the possible protective effect of pharmacological doses of garlic and omega 3 againstgastric lesions induced by ethanol in mice.Methods: A total of 30 mice involved in the study were divided into five groups with 6 mice for each. Groups 1 (ulcer control) and 2 (normal control),Groups 3 (positive ulcer control treated with ranitidine 50 mg/kg), Groups 4 and 5 treated with garlic oil and omega 3 oil at doses 200 and 150 mg/kg,respectively. All groups treated orally by gastric gavage once daily for 14 days before starting gastric ulcer (GU) induction process by absolute ethanoladministration.Results: A treatment with garlic and omega 3 ameliorated the severity of gastric ulceration evidenced by reduced ulcer index area, increase %gastroprotection, increase mucus content, reduced erosions, and necrosis.Conclusion: Oral administration of pharmacological doses of garlic oil and omega 3 oil shows significant gastroprotection against GU models inducedby absolute ethanol confirmed by biochemical and histological data.Keywords: Gastric ulcer, Garlic, Omega 3, Gastroprotection.