Fig. 1.

Effects of lactate on gross morphology and relative ulcer size of gastric mucosa in ethanol-challenged mice. a Gross morphological changes of gastric mucosa of different groups of mice (scale bar = 5 mm). b Relative ulcer sizes in gastric mucosa of different groups of mice. Relative ulcer sizes were expressed as ratios of the area of hemorrhagic lesion to the total area of the studied gastric mucosa. C: Control group; D: Disease group; L1-L3 represent the groups treated with lactate by the dose of 3 g/kg, 2 g/kg and 1 g/kg, respectively. The data are expressed as the means ± SD (n = 10). *: p < 0.05, **: p < 0.01