Comparison between tocotrienol and omeprazole on gastric growth factors in stress-exposed rats

Figure 1 Effects of pre-treatment with tocotrienol (60 mg/kg body weight) or omeprazole (20 mg/kg body weight) on gastric lesions formation (A), and gastric vascular endothelial growth factor (B), epidermal growth factor (C), transforming growth factor-α (D) and basic fibroblast growth factor (E) mRNA expression in rats exposed to water immersion restraint stress (n = 7). ^aP < 0.05 vs NS non-stressed control (NS); ^cP < 0.05 vs Stressed control (S); ^eP < 0.05 vs Omeprazole (OMZ + S). bFGF: Basic fibroblast growth factor; BW: Body weight; EGF: Epidermal growth factor; NS: Non-stressed; OMZ: Omeprazole; S: Stressed; TGF-α: Transforming growth factor-alpha; TT: Tocotrienol; VEGF: Vascular endothelial growth factor.