Table 2.

Bacterial load and inflammation induced by Helicobacter pyrlori infection in Mongolian gerbils fed a normal diet or a diet supplemented with standardized ginger extract: prevention study.

			CI			AI
Expt.	Food	Colonies	M	S	Lymph	M	S	C	ED	E
1	Control	77.83	2.20	1.60	0.80	2.00	1.30	0.80	1.80	1.80
1	Ginger	56.71	1.00*	0.25**	0.25	0.60*	0.00**	0.25*	0.25**	0.00**

Seven animals per arm; gerbils were fed a normal diet throughout (Purina 5001 chow; control) or a normal diet supplemented with 100 mg ginger extract /kg body weight in daily rations for 3 weeks prior to inoculation and 6 weeks after (9 weeks total); inflammation was graded using the criteria of Table 1. Colonies = bacterial load in log cfu per stomach; CI = chronic inflammation; Lymph = Lymphocyte infiltration; AI = acute inflammation; M = mucosal; S = submucosal; C = cryptitis; ED = epithelial cell degeneration; E = erosion. Mean value was significantly different from that of the control group:

^*P<0.05

^**P<0.01.