Antioxidative and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Water Extract of Acrostichum aureum Linn. against Ethanol-Induced Gastric Ulcer in Rats

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Effect of WEAC on histopathological lesions of gastric mucosa in rats exposed to ethanol (HE staining, 100×) ( = 8). (a) Normal group; (b) model group: the arrow indicates inflammatory cell infiltration and indicates high degree of hemorrhagic injury; (c) LSZ group (30 mg/kg); (d) WEAC (100 mg/kg) group; (e) WEAC (200 mg/kg) group; (f) WEAC (400 mg/kg) group; (g) histopathological score. Data are expressed as the mean ± SD. Compared with normal group: ^## p < 0.01; compared with model group: p < 0.01.

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