Healing and Antisecretory Effects of Aqueous Extract of Eremomastax speciosa (Acanthaceae) on Unhealed Gastric Ulcers

Table 3

Effect of E. speciosa on basal gastric acid secretion (after 0.5 hr) in rats subjected to “unhealed gastric ulcers.”

Treatment	Dose (mg/kg)		Volume of gastric juice (ml)	Gastric pH	Gastric acidity; (mEq/l)	% reduction of gastric acidity
Control	—	5	6.57 ± 0.28	2.43 ± 0.15	64.23 ± 4.29	—
E. speciosa	200	5	4.28 ± 0.21	4.00 ± 0.45	42.39 ± 3.32	34.00
E. speciosa	400	5	3.56 ± 0.25	4,27 ± 0,28	32.43 ± 2.47	49.51
Sucralfate	50	5	2.46 ± 0.23	3.01 ± 0.27	41.59 ± 2.52	35.25

: number of rats. The values are expressed as mean ± SEM; ; ; statistically different compared to control.