Gastroprotective Effect of Polypeptide-K Isolated from Momordica charantia’s Seeds on Multiple Experimental Gastric Ulcer Models in Rats

Figure 1

Representative rat’s stomach photomicrographs that were cut along the greater curvature. (a) Control, (b) HCl/EtOH, (c) reference drug (ranitidine), (d) PPK 10 mg/kg, (e) PPK 25 mg/kg, and (f) PPK 50 mg/kg, indicating the presence of many circular and linear stomach ulcers in the HCl/EtOH group, which were considerably decreased by ranitidine and PPK.

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