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Anti-oxidative, anti-secretory and anti-inflammatory activities of the extract from the root bark of Lycium chinense (Cortex Lycii) against gastric ulcer in mice

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The evaluation of the antioxidant, anti-secretory and anti-inflammatory potentials of the ethyl acetate fraction (ELC) from the root bark of Lycium chinense against ethanol-induced gastric ulcer in mice and the possible mechanisms underlying this action was performed. The results indicated that oral administration of ELC (50, 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg) before ethanol-induced ulcer increased the gastric mucus content, restored the superoxide dismutase and glutathione levels, reduced malondialdehyde levels and inhibited the activity of myeloperoxidase. Furthermore, ELC displayed its anti-secretory activity by decreasing the gastric juice and increased the gastric pH and reduced pro-inflammatory markers and caspase-3 tissue levels. These results suggest that L. chinense displays gastroprotective properties as a result of its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-secretory and anti-apoptotic effects.

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Thanks go to the Public Science and Technology Research Funds Projects of Ocean (no. 201505023) and the Jiangsu Provincial Platform for Conservation and Utilization of Agricultural Germplasm (no. BM2014047) for the financial support.

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Chen, H., Olatunji, O.J. & Zhou, Y. Anti-oxidative, anti-secretory and anti-inflammatory activities of the extract from the root bark of Lycium chinense (Cortex Lycii) against gastric ulcer in mice. J Nat Med 70, 610–619 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11418-016-0984-2

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