Evaluation of Antiulcer Activity of 80% Methanol Extract and Solvent Fractions of the Root of Croton macrostachyus Hocsht: Ex Del. (Euphorbiaceae) in Rodents

Table 2

Antiulcer activity of crude extract of the root of C. macrostachyus on acidified ethanol-induced ulcer model in mice.

Groups	Average ulcer number (UN)	Ulcer index	% of ulcer inhibition
NC	5.33	22.50 ± 1.95	—
CM100	3.33	17.00 ± 1.07^e2	24.44
CM200	2.17	12.17 ± 0.38^a1	45.93
CM400	0.83	8.50 ± 2.80^a3	62.22
SUC100	0.67	7.04 ± 2.87^a3b2	80

Values are expressed as Mean ± SEM, n = 6, , , ,^acompared to NC, ^bcompared to CM100, ^ccompared to CM200, ^dcompared to CM400, and ^ecompared to SUC100. Statistically analyzed by one-way ANOVA followed by the Tukey test.