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The gastric mucosal injury was analyzed by gastric juice acidity, glutathione (GSH), superoxide dismutase (SOD), malondialdehyde (MDA), myeloperoxidase (MPO) activities. Furthermore, the levels of the inflammatory mediators, tumor necrosis factor-\u03b1 (TNF-\u03b1), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and interleukin-1\u03b2 (IL-1\u03b2) in serum were also analyzed using ELISA. Pathological changes were also observed with the aid of hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining. Our results indicated that LCA significantly reduced the levels of MPO, MDA and increased SOD and GSH activities. Furthermore, LCA also significantly inhibited the levels of TNF-\u03b1, IL-6, and IL-1\u03b2 in the serum of ulcerated mice in a dose dependent manner. Immunohistological analysis indicated that LCA also significantly attenuated the overexpression of nuclear factor-\u03baB in pretreated mice models. This findings suggests Lycium chinense Mill possesses gastroprotective properties against ethanol-induced gastric injury and could be a possible therapeutic intervention in the treatment and management of gastric ulcers.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules201219867","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,12,16]],"date-time":"2015-12-16T10:11:27Z","timestamp":1450260687000},"page":"22553-22564","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":26,"title":["Anti-Ulcerogenic Properties of Lycium chinense Mill Extracts against Ethanol-Induced Acute Gastric Lesion in Animal Models and Its Active Constituents"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6800-4919","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Opeyemi","family":"Olatunji","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China"},{"name":"School of Pharmacy, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hongxia","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Pharmacy, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yifeng","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China"},{"name":"Dongtai Institute of Tidal Flats, Nanjing Branch of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dongtai 224200, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,12,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"886","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jep.2011.07.005","article-title":"Antiulcerogenic activity of the essential oils of Hyptis martiusii Benth. 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