to investigate the ulcer protective and antisecretory properties of the methanolic extract of butea monosperma (bm) bark with relation to antioxidant studies. the study was done on male albino rats.   gastric ulcers were induced by aspirin, alcohol and pylorous ligation. lansoprazole was used as the standard drug for comparison. the free radical scavenging potential of the bark of bm extract wa...

Alteration in the rate of gastric emptying has long been considered responsible for many of the sequelae of gastric surgery. For example, rapid gastric emptying after gastroenterostomy (Hertz, 1913; Mix, 1922) or Polya gastrectomy (Johnson, 1954; Abbott, Krieger, and Levey, 1958) can cause one type of 'dumping syndrome'. Delayed post-gastrectomy emptying may also cause problems (Snell, 1937; Ho...

H. pylori is a gram negative bacterium which settles in the stomach mucosa and causes inflammation and infection. The infection is strongly related to duodenal ulceration, gastric ulceration, and from time to time gastric carcinoma. There are many studies in which the relationship between the infection of this quite old but current bacterium in stomach /duodenum and different extra-intestinal d...

Just as the term colic describes a clinical presentation and encompasses a large number of disorders, gastroduodenal ulceration describes a clinical finding, the cause of which is likely to be multifactorial and different from case to case. Within the umbrella term gastroduodenal ulceration are included symptomatic and asymptomatic cases, focal or multifocal ulceration involving the squamous or...

Death from haemorrhage is described in a 21-hour-old baby boy with acute gastric ulceration. Particular note is made of the very high level of psychosocial maternal stress during the last trimester of pregnancy. A causal relationship of this stress and the peptic ulceration is suggested, with gastrin as the mediator.

The hypothesis that neutrophils play an important role in the pathogenesis of gastric ulceration induced by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) was tested in rats. Rats made neutropenic by prior treatment with an antibody to rat neutrophils raised in goat were found to be significantly more resistant to the gastric-damaging actions of indomethacin or naproxen than were control rats or...

The rate and severity of gastric ulceration in elite, heavy use western performance horses is lower than expected based on the extent of travel, training days, numbers of events in which each horse performed, and rates previously presented regarding other breeds and uses. In fact, the rate of gastric ulceration in this study (40%) compares to horses not in training or use (36%). However, in hor...