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

Table 4 Effect of aqueous anise suspension on the levels of non-protein sulfhydryles (NP-SH) in glandular stomach of rats treated with 80% ethanol (mean  ±  SD)

Group	Treatment and dose	NP-SH concentration
serial	(mg/kg, body weight)	(μmol/100 mg wet tissue)
1	Control (distilled water, 1 mL/rat)	11.70 ± 0.86
2	Control (80% ethanol, 1 mL/rat)	6.31 ± 0.23b
3	Pimpinella anisum (250) + 80% ethanol (1 mL/rat)	6.71 ± 0.33
4	Pimpinella anisum (500) + 80% ethanol (1 mL/rat)	7.68 ± 0.37a

Six rats were used in each group.

^aP < 0.05 vs control (80% ethanol) group,

^bP < 0.01 vs control (distilled water) group.