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We have aimed to test the validity of this practice by using the experimental model of an ethanol-induced gastric ulcer in male Wistar rats. The results showed that C. reflexifolius had gastroprotector activity, that the hexane extract had the highest protective activity (64.38 \u00b1 7.72%), and that polyalthic acid isolated from this extract was the main active gastroprotector agent. Rats treated orally with polyalthic acid showed a gastroprotective effect similar to that elicited by carbenoxolone. As with carbenoxolone, the effect elicited by polyalthic acid was attenuated by pretreatment with either NG-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (70 mgkg\u22121, i.p.), a nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor, or N-ethylmaleimide (10 mgkg\u22121, s.c.), a blocker of sulfhydryl groups. This suggested that the gastroprotective mechanism of this diterpenoid involved the participation of both NO and endogenous sulfhydryl groups. Contrary to carbenoxolone, the gastroprotective effect of polyalthic acid was not affected by the inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis with indometacin (10 mgkg\u22121, s. c.). In conclusion, Croton reflexifolius contains compounds with gastroprotector activity. Polyalthic acid, which was isolated from this plant, was the main compound with gastroprotector activity, having effectiveness similar to that found with the use of carbenoxolone. Whereas NO and sulfhydryl groups were involved in the mechanisms of gastroprotective action of polyalthic acid, prostaglandins were not.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1211\/jpp.60.7.0016","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2008,6,12]],"date-time":"2008-06-12T01:16:34Z","timestamp":1213233394000},"page":"931-936","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Bioassay-guided isolation of an anti-ulcer diterpenoid from <i>Croton reflexifolius<\/i>: role of nitric oxide, prostaglandins and sulfhydryls"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"60","author":[{"given":"Benito","family":"Reyes-Trejo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratorio de Productos Naturales, \u00e1rea de Qu\u00edmica, Universidad Aut\u00f3noma Chapingo , Apartado 74 Oficina de Correos Chapingo, Texcoco, M\u00e9xico, 56230,","place":["M\u00e9xico"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mar\u00eda Elena","family":"S\u00e1nchez-Mendoza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Polit\u00e9cnico Nacional, Plan de San Luis y D\u00edaz Mir\u00f3n, Colonia Santo Tom\u00e1s , Delegaci\u00f3n Miguel Hidalgo 11340, M\u00e9xico D. 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