Table 1 animal group with different pretreatment

Group (A) normal control

Rats pretreated with vehicle (5% Tween 80 v/v) + vehicle) (5% Tween 80 v/v).

Group (B) ulcer control

Rats pretreated with vehicle (5% Tween 80 v/v) + absolute ethanol).

Group (C) reference control

Rats pretreated with 20 mg/kg of omeprazole in vehicle + absolute ethanol).

Group (D)

Rats pretreated with 5 mg/kg of DES in vehicle + absolute ethanol).

Group (E)

Rats pretreated with 10 mg/kg of DES in vehicle + absolute ethanol).

Group (F)

Rats pretreated with 20 mg/kg of DES in vehicle + absolute ethanol).