title: Antioxidant effect ofPhyllanthus emblica fruits on healing of indomethacin induced gastric ulcer in rats.
abstract: Post-treatment of the indomethacin induced ulcerated rats at the optimal dose of 100 mg/kg body-wt. orally for 7 consecutive days with the lyophilized aqueous extract of the fruits ofPhyllanthus emblica L. syn.Emblica officinalis Gaertn. (Euphorbiaceae) exhibited highly significant (p<0.001) enhancement of secretion of catalase, reduced glutathione and decrease in malonyldialdehyde (MDA). Furthermore, the gross morphological observation and highly significant (p<0.001) decrease of ulcer index (81.43%) indicated healing effect of the extract on gastric ulcer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 244B, Acharya J. C. Bose Road, 700 032 Kolkata.
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pakrashi
authors.forename: Srikanta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pandit
authors.forename: Sandip K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bandyopadhyay
authors.forename: Satyesh C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Pakrashi
keywords: Antioxidant; Phyllanthus emblica; antiulcer; healing