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Journal of Medical Sciences

Year: 2006 | Volume: 6 | Issue: 6 | Page No.: 930-936
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2006.930.936
Antisecretagogue, Antiulcer and Cytoprotective Effects of `Peppermint` Mentha piperita L. In Laboratory Animals
Ibrahim Al-Mofleh, Abdulqader Alhaider, Jaber Mossa, Mohammed Al-Sohaibani, Shoeb Qureshi and Syed Rafatullah

Abstract: `Peppermint,` Mentha piperita is known to possess various therapeutic properties. We evaluated the anti-ulcerogenic property of an aqueous suspension of peppermint in different ulcer models in wistar albino rats. The suspension at 250 and 500 mg kg-1 body weight, orally (i.p. in Shay rat model) has significant effect in pyloric ligation induced basal gastric secretion, indomethacin and noxious chemical (80% ethanol, 0.2 M NaOH and 25% NaCl) induced gastric ulceration; showed significant protection in all models used. These findings were supported by histopathological assessment of gastric tissue and by the determination of non-protein sulfhydryl (NP-SH) contents of the stomach, as these parameters showed protection of various indices and replenishing the depleted NP-SH level by the suspension treatment, respectively. Conclusively, the ulcer protective effect of peppermint suspension may possibly be due to its anti-secretory along with antioxidative and cytoprotective through prostaglandins mediated mechanism.

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Ibrahim Al-Mofleh, Abdulqader Alhaider, Jaber Mossa, Mohammed Al-Sohaibani, Shoeb Qureshi and Syed Rafatullah, 2006. Antisecretagogue, Antiulcer and Cytoprotective Effects of `Peppermint` Mentha piperita L. In Laboratory Animals. Journal of Medical Sciences, 6: 930-936.

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