Preliminary Study of Gastroprotective Effect of Aloe perryi and Date Palm Extracts on Pyloric Ligation-Induced Gastric Ulcer in Experimental Rats

Table 5

Gross alteration scores for the gastric ulcer in control and treatment groups depending on mucosal color, hemorrhagic streaks, and deep or surface ulcer and perforation.

Findings	Control	Ranitidine	APLE		APFE		DPSE		Yellow oil		Red oil
			250	500	250	500	250	500	250	500	250	500
Normal color	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	3
Red color	3	1	1	3	1	1	0	3	0	3	2	1
Hemorrhagic streak	3	0	2	3	3	0	3	2	3	2	1	0
Superficial ulcer	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	3		3	1	0
Deep ulcer	3	0	1	2	2	0	2	2	3	2	1	0
Perforation formation	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Control: rats received only distilled water; APLE: rats received the Aloe perryi leaf extract in a dose level (500 mg/kg) (p.o.); ranitidine: rats received ranitidine which is dissolved in distilled water and given in a dose level (50 mg/kg) (p.o.) and served as a standard drug; APFE: rats received the Aloe perryi flower extract in a dose level (500 mg/kg) (p.o.); DPSE: rats received the date palm seed extract in a dose level (500 mg/kg) (p.o.); yellow oil group: rats received date yellow oil in a dose level (500 mg/kg) (p.o.); red oil group: rats received date red oil in a dose level (500 mg/kg) (p.o.). Gross severity scores: 0 = no changes, 1 = mild or focal, 2 = mild to moderate, and 3 = severe.