Effects of Tea from Turnera ulmifolia L. on Mouse Gastric Mucosa Support the Turneraceae as a New Source of Antiulcerogenic Drugs.
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- Published by Pharmaceutical Society of Japan in Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin
- Vol. 25 (4), 487-491
- https://doi.org/10.1248/bpb.25.487
Abstract
Turnera ulmifolia is a plant belonging to the family Turneraceae, popularly known in Brazil as chanana. This species is distributed from Guyana to southern Brazil where it is considered a weed. The plant occurs in tropical rain forest, fields, and gardens. Chanana tea is used in Brazilian folk medicine for the treatment of diseases related mainly to gastric dysfunction including gastric and duodenal ulcers. In this study, the ability of a lyophilized infusion, as an aqueous fraction (AqF) of the aerial parts of T. ulmifolia, was investigated for its ability to prevent ulceration of the gastric and duodenal mucosa was examined in mice and rats, respectively. The AqF significantly reduced the formation of lesions associated with HCl/ethanol administration by 39% and 46%, respectively, at doses of 500 mg/kg and 1000 mg/kg, p.o. The AqF also significantly reduced the incidence of gastric lesions induced by a combination of indomethacin and bethanechol by 58% and 72% at doses of 500 mg/kg and 1000 mg/kg, respectively. In stress-induced gastric ulcer, the inhibition by the AqF was 48%, 57%, and 58% at doses of 250 mg/kg, 500 mg/kg, and 1000 mg/kg, respectively (pT. ulmifolia. These results indicate that this extract has a significant antiulcerogenic effect, as popularly believed.Keywords
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