Antiulcer activity of extracts of ecdysteroid-containing plants of genera Lychnis and Silene of the Caryophyllaceae family

Bull Exp Biol Med. 2014 Dec;158(2):225-8. doi: 10.1007/s10517-014-2728-1. Epub 2014 Nov 29.

Abstract

We studied antiulcer activity of the extracts of ecdysteroid-containing plants of the Caryophyllaceae family: Lychnis chalcedonica L., Silene viridiflora L.Sp.Pl., and Silene frivaldszkyana Hampe. Experiments on the model of neurogenic and aspirin-induced ulcerogenesis showed unidirectional and pronounced gastroprotective effects of S. viridiflora and L. chalcedonica extracts comparable to the efficacy of famotidine. In these models, a course of intragastric treatment with the extracts reduced ulcerative lesions of all types.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Ulcer Agents / pharmacology*
  • Ecdysteroids / analysis*
  • Ethanol
  • Female
  • Lychnis / chemistry*
  • Mice
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Silene / chemistry*
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Stomach Ulcer / prevention & control*

Substances

  • Anti-Ulcer Agents
  • Ecdysteroids
  • Plant Extracts
  • Ethanol