Semipurified ethyl acetate partition of methanolic extract of Melastoma malabathricum leaves exerts gastroprotective activity partly via its antioxidant-antisecretory-anti-inflammatory action and synergistic action of several flavonoid-based compounds

• Main Authors: Ismail Suhaimy, Noor Wahida, Noor Azmi, Ahmad Khusairi, Mohtarrudin, Norhafizah, Omar, Maizatul Hasyima, Md Tohid, Siti Farah, Cheema, Manraj Singh, Teh, Lay Kek, Salleh, Mohd Zaki, Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60579/1/60579.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60579/; https://www.hindawi.com/journals/omcl/2017/6542631/abs/

Recent study has demonstrated the gastroprotective activity of crude methanolic extract of M. malabathricum leaves. The present study evaluated the gastroprotective potential of semipurified extracts (partitions): petroleum ether, ethyl acetate (EAMM), and aqueous obtained from the methanolic extrac...