Rocket “Eruca sativa”: A salad herb with potential gastric anti-ulcer activity

Table 2 Effect of EER on gastric lesions induced by necrotizing agents (mean ± SE)

Group serial	Treatment	Dose (mg/kg, i.g.)	Ulcer index
			80% EtOH	0.2 mol/L NaOH	25% NaCl
1	Control (distilled water)	-	6.00 ± 0.89	6.66 ± 1.36	6.66 ± 0.51
2	EER	250	2.00 ± 0.89b	2.66 ± 1.21a	2.83 ± 0.98b
3	EER	500	1.66 ± 1.03b	1.50 ± 0.54b	2.16 ± 0.75d

Six rats were used in each group.

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01,

^dP < 0.001 vs control (distilled water) group, Student’s t-test.