Chronic Gastric Ulcer Healing Actions of the Aqueous Extracts of Staple Plant Foods of the North-West, Adamawa, and West Regions of Cameroon

Table 3

Effect of aqueous extracts on “unhealed ulcers”.

Groups	Parameters
	Doses (mg/kg)	Ulcerated surface (mm^2)	% Healing	Mucus production (mg)
Normal	—	—	—
Control 1	—		—
Control 2	—		26.32
Control 3 (sucralfate)	50	^,abc	73.96
Corchorus olitorius	200	^abc	0
Corchorus olitorius	400	^,abc	60. 38
Solanum nigrum	200		0
Solanum nigrum	400	^abc	32.13
Vigna unguiculata	200	^abc	0
Vigna unguiculata	400	^a	0
Triumfetta pentandra	200	^abc	0
Triumfetta pentandra	400		0
“nkui” spices	200	^,abc	47.34
“nkui” spices	400	^ab	16.75
“Yellow soup” spices	200		0
“Yellow soup” spices	400		7.20

Control 1: rats sacrificed 4 days after induction of acetic acid ulcers; control 2: self-healing in acetic ulcerated rats; control 3: group of rats received sucralfate at a dose of 50 mg/kg; values in the table are expressed as (standard error on mean); ^ab and ^abc: statistically significant compared to control 1; and : statistically significant compared to control 2.