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

Table 4

Effect of extracts on ethanol-/stress-induced gastric ulcers.

Groups	Parameters
	Doses (mg/kg)	Ulcerated surface (mm^2)	% Healing	Mucus production (mg)
Normal	—	—	—
Control 1	—		—
Control 2	—		—
Control 3	—		2.18
Control 4 (sucralfate)	50	^,abc	93.17
Corchorus olitorius	200	^,abc	86.68
Corchorus olitorius	400	^,abc	78.66
Solanum nigrum	200	^,abc	59.89
Solanum nigrum	400	^,abc	98.19
Vigna unguiculata	200	^,abc	93.73
Vigna unguiculata	400	^,abc	83.10
Triumfetta pentandra	200	^,abc	89.77
Triumfetta pentandra	400	^,abc	98.66
“nkui” spices	200	^,ab	19.79
“nkui” spices	400	^,abc	91.45
“Yellow soup” spices	200	^,abc	75.42
“Yellow soup” spices	400	^,abc	85.49

Controls 1 and 2: 4 days ulcerated rats; control 3: ulcerated self-healing rats; values in the table are expressed as (standard error of mean); ^ab and ^abc: statistically significant compared to control 2; , , and : statistically significant compared to control 3.