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Gastric and Duodenal Antiulcer Activity of Alkaloids: A Review
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Heloina De Sousa Falcão, Jacqueline Alves Leite, José Maria Barbosa-Filho, Petrônio Filgueiras De Athayde-Filho, Maria Célia De Oliveira Chaves, Marcelo Dantas Moura, Anderson Luiz Ferreira, Ana Beatriz Albino De Almeida, Alba Regina Monteiro Souza-Brito, Margareth De Fátima Formiga Melo Diniz and Leônia Maria Batista
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Abstract
Peptic ulcer disease is a deep gastrointestinal erosion disorder that involves the entire mucosal thickness and can even penetrate the muscular mucosa. Numerous natural products have been evaluated as therapeutics for the treatment of a variety of diseases, including this one. These products
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Peptic ulcer disease is a deep gastrointestinal erosion disorder that involves the entire mucosal thickness and can even penetrate the muscular mucosa. Numerous natural products have been evaluated as therapeutics for the treatment of a variety of diseases, including this one. These products usually derive from plant and animal sources that contain active constituents such as alkaloids, flavonoids, terpenoids, tannins and others. The alkaloids are natural nitrogen-containing secondary metabolites mostly derived from amino acids and found in about 20% of plants. There has been considerable pharmacological research into the antiulcer activity of these compounds. In this work we review the literature on alkaloids with antiulcer activity, which covers about sixty-one alkaloids, fifty-five of which have activity against this disease when induced in animals.
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