Antioxidant Capacity, Cytoprotection, and Healing Actions of the Leaf Aqueous Extract of Ocimum suave in Rats Subjected to Chronic and Cold-Restraint Stress Ulcers

Table 1

Effect of the leaf aqueous extract of O. suave on gastric lesions induced by cold stress in rats.

Treatment	Dose (mg/kg)	𝑁	% Ulcerated surface	Ulcer index (mean ± SEM)	Inhibition (%)	Mucus production (mg)
Control	—	6	0.77	6.50±1.18	—	40.11±0.66
Extract	250	6	0.29	3.10±1.31^∗	52.3	61.52±9.75^∗
Extract	500	6	0.06	1.10±0.45^∗∗	83.1	75.71±4.48^∗∗
Sucralfate	200	6	0.30	3.52±0.21^∗	45.8	75.76±6.08^∗∗

Statistically different relative to control; ^∗𝑃<0.05; ^∗∗𝑃<0.05  
𝑁: number of rats.
The values are expressed as mean ± SEM.