Fig. 6
From: Antiulcerogenic effect of Cuphea ignea extract against ethanol-induced gastric ulcer in rats
Photograph of rat stomach showing protective effect of C. ignea aerial parts extract on the ethanol induced gastric ulceration in rat exposed to an experimental model as; Control (a), EtOH (b), Ranitidine (c), C. ignea 250 mg/kg (d), EtOH + C. ignea 250 mg/kg (e), C. ignea 500 mg/kg (f), EtOH + C. ignea 500 mg/kg (g). a showed normal intact gastric mucosa. b1 and b2 revealed severe dark red submucosal hemorrhagic strikes (black arrows). In (c) congestion in gastric mucosa appeared. In (d and f) the gastric mucosa exhibited normal gross appearance with slight hyperemia and normal thickening in mucosa. In (e and g) the gastric mucosa returned back to normal gross appearance with no lesions of hemorrhages or congestion