Aqueous suspension of anise “Pimpinella anisum” protects rats against chemically induced gastric ulcers

Table 1 Effect of aqueous anise suspension on gastric lesions induced by various necrotizing agents (mean  ± SD)

Group		Dose	Ulcer index
serial	Treatment	(mg/kg, i.g.)	80% EtOH	0.2 mol/L NaOH	25% NaCl
1	Control (distilled water)	-	7.16 ± 0.40	8.00 ± 0.0	7.66 ± 0.33
2	Pimpinella anisum	250	6.00 ± 0.51b	4.66 ± 0.80d	6.00 ± 0.44d
3	Pimpinella anisum	500	4.00 ± 0.44d	3.66 ± 0.66d	4.00 ± 0.51d

Six rats were used in each group.

^bP < 0.01,

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