Fig. 3
Gross lesion areas on the gastric mucosa, taken from intact or IND-treated rats. Values are expressed as mean ± S.D. of eight rats, mm2. FBe: triple fermented barley extract as test material; IND: indomethacin; OM: omeprazole. All test substances were single orally administered, at 30 min before IND 25 mg kg− 1 single oral treatment, and all animals were sacrificed at 6 h after IND treatment. ap < 0.01 as compared with intact control by MW test. bp < 0.01 as compared with IND control by MW test