Essential Oils Derived from Momordica charantia Seeds Exhibited Antiulcer Activity against Hydrogen Chloride/Ethanol and Indomethacin

Table 8

Effect of MCEO on gastric wall mucus secretion in pylorus-ligation model in rats.

Treatments	Dose (mg/kg)	Gastric wall mucus (alcian blue mg/g wet tissue)
Disease control (distilled water)	—	1.1 ± 0.1
Ranitidine	100	1.9 ± 0.3
MCEO	10	1.6 ± 0.2
	50	2.1 ± 0.1
	100	2.1 ± 0.3

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM, n = 6, , and . Dunnett’s test as compared to disease control value.