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

Table 5

Effect of E. speciosa on basal gastric acid secretion (after 12 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	3.78 ± 0.11	3.07 ± 0.26	64.28 ± 4.44	—
E. speciosa	200	5	4.79 ± 0.32	3.85 ± 0.13	47.60 ± 2.49	25.95
E. speciosa	400	5	4.24 ± 0.22	4.37 ± 0.19	43.09 ± 3.25	32.97

= 5 rats per treatment. The values are expressed as mean ± SEM; ; ; ; statistically different compared to control.