Abstract

HERBAL SECONDARY METABOLITE FOR GASTRO-PROTECTIVE ULCER ACTIVITY WITH API STRUCTURES

Purabi Saha*, Roshan Kumar, Richard Owusu Nyarko, Ivan Kahwa, Paul Owusu Boateng, Christian Asum, Rosemond Owusu Nyarko, Neha Kumari and Md. Umar

ABSTRACT

Herbal remedies are very effective in the treatment of different human diseases. The plants and herbs consumed in their natural state have shown fewer harmful side effects and are therefore economically effective. This awareness has generated demand for herbal medicinal products in developing and developed countries worldwide. Peptic ulcer disease is a widespread gastrointestinal condition in clinical practise, with duodenal ulcer, gastric ulcers, NSAIDs, and tension ulcer is a common form of peptic ulcers. In the geriatrics and the lower socio-economic community, gastric ulcers are often observed. Many synthetic drugs are used to treat peptic ulcers but cause different kinds of adverse effects. Herbal medicines are also remarkable for their ethnic, ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological application. In this study, attempts were made to learn the natural antiulcer drugs with their prescribed portion of drugs, screening method and extract form used to test and demonstrate their uses.

Keywords: Herbal drugs, H. pylori, Ulcer, NSAIDs.