Effectiveness of Opuntia ficus indica L. inermis Seed Oil in the Protection and the Healing of Experimentally Induced Gastric Mucosa Ulcer

Figure 5

Macroscopic assessment of the pretreatment on gastric mucosa ethanol-induced ulcer: negative control (a), positive control (b), sucralfate pretreated (c), ranitidine pretreated (d), dose 1 oil pretreated (e), and dose 2 oil pretreated (f). Scale bars on the photos indicate 10 mm. Images show gross assessment of the stomachs of the different experimental groups. Ulcer degree induced by ethanol was alleviated in a crescent mode by sucralfate, ranitidine, OFI oil dose 1, and OFI oil dose 2.

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