Fig. 2.

Effect of Gmelina arborea on the prevention of gastric ulcer. Gastric mucosa of (A) normal animals showing absence of ulcers; (B) ethanol alone administered control animals showing severe ulceration as reddish mucosal lesions; (C) standard drug ranitidine (50 mg/kg bw.) treated animals with less intense ulceration; (D) G. arborea extract low concentration (GALC – 250 mg/kg bw.) showing mild ulceration with short mucosal lesions; (E) G. arborea extract high concentration (GAHC – 500 mg/kg bw.) displaying minor ulceration.