Healing property of the Piper betel phenol, allylpyrocatechol against indomethacin-induced stomach ulceration and mechanism of action

Table 4 The effect of APC and misoprostol on mucin and hexacosamine levels of ulcerated rats¹

Samples	Hexosamine (mg/mg protein)	Mucin2
Unulcerated control	61.27 ± 2.28	4.62 ± 2.24
Ulcerated control3	14.48 ± 1.62	2.60 ± 4.14
Ulcerated APC treated	40.05 ± 3.78	4.53 ± 1.38
Ulcerated misoprostol treated	55.10 ± 1.21	4.35 ± 0.68

¹Stomach ulceration in rats was induced by oral administration of indomethacin (30 mg/kg body wt.). APC (2 mg/kg body wt.) and misoprostol (1.43 μg/kg body wt.) were used for these experiments. The values are mean ± SE (n = 15).

²Ab binding proteins.

³The measurement was carried out 4 h after indomethacin administration. For other samples the measurement was done after 7 d.