International Journal of Pharmacology1811-77751812-5700Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/ijp.2016.541.548Cakile arabica]]>AwaadAmani S.AlotibyShorog M.MeligyReham M. El- MarzoukMohamed S.AlqasoumiSaleh I.DoniaAbd El Raheim M.SayedNabil H. El- 52016125Background and Objective: Natural products take a special interest in the discovery of new anti-ulcerogenic drugs. Family Brassicaceae is one of the most important families in use for many investigations. Cakile arabica (Velen) was used in folk medicine in treatment of gastric disorder with no scientific approve, so the aim of this study was to investigate its contents and prove their biological activities. Materials and Methods: Different chromatographic equipment and instrument were used for isolation such as column chromatography. Identification of compounds were done by several spectroscopic methods; 1H-NMR. The 13C-NMR and DEPT COSY, HSQC and HMBC. Absolute ethanol-induced ulcer model in rats were used to evaluate the anti-ulcerogenic activity using reference standard drug ranitidine (100 mg kg1). Results: Ten compounds were isolated from C. arabica for the first time and were identified as: (1) α-amyrin, (2) β-sitosterol, (3) Tetracosanoic acid, (4) 4-hydroxy-5-n-butoxy-5-oxopentanoic acid, (5) Scopoletine, (6) Umbelliferone, (7) Esculetin, (8) Kaempferol, (9) Quercetin and (10) Quercetin-3-O-rutninoside. The total alcohol extract (1000 mg kg1) and the isolated compounds (50 mg kg1) showed anti-ulcerogenic activity with different potentials. The total alcohol extract was the most effective agent in this study, as it showed 98.5% protection of control ulcer followed by compounds tetracosanoic acid and 4-hydroxy-5-n-butoxy-5-oxopentanoic acid, which produced 80 and 55.5%, respectively while standard ranitidine produced 46.2%. 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