Gastroprotective activity of padina minor yamada

• Main Authors: Doungporn Amornlerdpison, Yuwadee Peerapornpisal, Tawat Taesotikul, Thidarat Noiraksar, Duangta Kanjanapothi
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Chemistry; Materials Science; Mathematics; Physics and Astronomy
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=67650314463&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/48920
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Padina minor Yamada, a brown alga which is found to be abundant on both sides of the coastal area of the gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea was examined for gastroprotective activity. The aqueous extract of P. minor (Aq. P) given orally to rats at the doses of 100, 200 and 500 mg/kg significantly...