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Abstract

Ulcers are one of the dreadful and technically known as Peptic Ulcer Disease (PU Disease). Around 10million people around the world are suffering from the disease, and the majority of the people are about 20-50 years of age. This is not a dangerous disease on its own. Still, the ulcers are responsible for the resulting in other diseases like indigestion stomach pain etc. there are various reasons for the causation of ulcer. They are excessive use of pain killers and anti-inflammatory drugs, malnutrition, and unhealthy food habits, stress and steroids. Almost half of the world population relies on herbs for the treatment, and the major sources of the chemical leads that treat diseases are in the medicinal plants only. Many plants have been investigated and reported for their potential antiulcer benefits and are published too for that. The plant parts of Malvastrum tricuspidatum were extracted using distilled water and were investigated for the antiulcer activity in 3 doses like 100,200 and 400mg. The Extract at a higher dose showed better activity than other lower doses. The activity was compared with the standard drug and showed a significantly better activity that the standard and other doses of Extract too.

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Malvastrum Dose dependant activity Ulcer indices

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Vishal N. Kushare, Sagar V. Ghotekar, & Manmeet S. Mandloi. (2020). Ulcer Healing Potential of the Aqueous Extract of Malvastrum tricuspidate Eliminating Toxicity. International Journal of Research in Phytochemistry and Pharmacology, 9(2), 27-30. https://doi.org/10.26452/ijrpp.v9i2.1247