Gastroprotective
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Gastroprotective is an adjective meaning protective against gastropathy.
Meaning
protective against gastropathy.
Example Sentences
Piptadeniastrum africanum stem bark extracts thus have gastroprotective and ulcer healing effects, which could result from their activities by stimulating important cellular mechanisms such as migration and proliferation of epithelial cells that may have a cytoprotective effect by stimulating the release of prostaglandins.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gastroprotectant, gastromucoprotective, gastrotoxic, enteroprotective, gastroprokinetic, hepaprotective.
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