The Protective Effects of 18β-Glycyrrhetinic Acid on Helicobacter pylori-Infected Gastric Mucosa in Mongolian Gerbils

Table 3

Histopathological response seen in gerbil gastric antrum in response to Helicobacter pylori infection and treatment with either antibiotics therapy or 18β-Glycyrrhetinic acid (GRA).

Groups	Treatments	Antrum
		Infiltration of neutrophils	Infiltration of mononuclear cells	Hyperplasia	Peptic ulcer
A	Uninfected	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0
B	H. pylori infection	2.9 ± 0.3	3.0 ± 0.2	2.2 ± 0.3	2.1 ± 0.3
C	Antibiotics	2.0 ± 0.4	1.6 ± 0.1	1.6 ± 0.3	1.0 ± 0.0
D	GRA	2.2 ± 0.4	2.0 ± 0.2	1.5 ± 0.1	1.2 ± 0.3

 , compared with Group B. Values for results are expressed as means ± SD.