Peptic Ulcer Disease

preface_ Peptic Ulcer Disease......Page 1
Part 1......Page 15
01_Gastric Ulcer Etiology......Page 17
02_Effects of Helicobacter pylori and Non-Steroidal
Anti-Inflammatory Drugs on Peptic Ulcer......Page 43
03_Helicobacter Pylori Infection in
Peptic Ulcer Disease......Page 53
04_NSAIDs and Peptic Ulcer Disease......Page 89
05_The Etiological Factors of
Duodenal and Gastric Ulcers......Page 107
06_Helicobacter pylori –
Not Only a Gastric Pathogene?......Page 113
Part 2......Page 125
07_Pathophysiology of Gastric Ulcer Development
and Healing: Molecular Mechanisms
and Novel Therapeutic Options......Page 127
08_Gastric Ulcer Healing –
Role of Serum Response Factor......Page 157
09_Helicobacter pylori and Peptic Ulcer –
Role of Reactive Oxygen Species and Apoptosis......Page 179
10_Role of New Appetite Hormones Ghrelin,
Orexin-A and Obestatin in the Mechanism
of Healing of Chronic Gastric Ulcers......Page 201
11_Activation of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-
Adrenocortical Axis as a Gastroprotective
Component of Stress Response......Page 223
12_Helicobacter pylori Suppresses Serum
Immunoglobulin Levels in Smokers with
Peptic Ulcer: Probable Interaction
Between Smoking and H. pylori
Infection in the Induction of Th1
Predominant Immune Response
and Peptic Ulceration......Page 239
13_Helicobacter pylori and Host Response......Page 253
Part 3......Page 267
14_Helicobacter pylori Infection in
Elderly Patients......Page 269
15_Perforated Duodenal Ulcer
in High Risk Patients......Page 285
16_Management of Acute Gastric
Ulcer Bleeding......Page 299
17_Case Study in Optimal Dosing in
Duodenal Ulcer......Page 317
Part 4......Page 335
18_Conventional and Novel Pharmaceutical
Dosage Forms on Prevention of
Gastric Ulcers......Page 337
19_Spices as Alternative Agents for Gastric
Ulcer Prevention and Treatment......Page 365
20_Ethnopharmacology as Current Strategy in the
Search of Novel Anti-Ulcerogenic Drugs:
Case of a Brazilian Medicinal Plant
(Maytenus ilicifolia Mart. ex. Reissek)......Page 389
21_Anti-Ulcerative Potential of
Some Fruits and the Extracts......Page 415
22_Herbal Treatment of Peptic Ulcer:
Guilty or Innocent......Page 433
23_In Vitro and In Vivo Anti-Helicobacter
pylori Activity of Natural Products......Page 441
24_Prevention of Gastric Ulcers......Page 451
Part 5......Page 475
25_Association Between Nonsteroidal
Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and
Gastric Ulceration in
Horses and Ponies......Page 477