FTOX024 The effectiveness study of the seed extract papaya (Carica papaya Linn) in gastroprotection of gastric ulcer induced in animals.

Abstract

A gastric ulcer is a chronic disease that today still presents significant prevalence with etiology multifactorial aspects associated with the imbalances between aggressive and protective factors of the gastrointestinal tract. Some drugs and natural medicine are used therapeutically, and in this sense, there is the popular use of papaya seeds for the treatment of ulcers empirically without basis in scientific studies that have validated its action.