Table 3 Effect of Litsea japonica fruit extract (LJF-HE) on ulcer length (mm) and Inhibition rate (%) in rats with indomethacin induced gastritis

Group		Ulcer length (mm)	Inhibition rate (%)
G11)	Normal	0.2±0.42)***3)	99
G2	Control	17.2±4.0	0
G3	Ranitidine 50mg/kg	4.7±1.8**	73
G4	LIF-HE-L	11.1±1.2*	35.3
G5	LIF-HE-M	11.1±2.6*	35.3
G6	LIF-HE-H	8.0±1.5*	53.6

G1 (normal, vehicle), G2 (control, indomethacin-induced gastritis), G3 (ranitidine 50 mg/kg, indomethacin-induced gastritis and pretreatment of ranitidine 50 mg/kg), G4 (LJF-HE-L, indomethacin-induced gastritis and pretreatment of LJF-HE 30 mg/kg), G5 (LJF-HE-M, indomethacin-induced gastritis and pretreatment of LJF-HE 60 mg/kg), G6 (LJF-HE-H, indomethacin-induced gastritis and pretreatment of LJF-HE 120 mg/kg) groups.
The values are mean±SD.
Significant difference from control group by Student’s t-test: *p<0.05, **p<0.005, ***p<0.001.