이 연구에서는 SD rat과 Mongolian gerbil에서 실험적으로 HCl-ethanol(150 mM HCl+60% ethanol)을 투여하여 급성 위염을 유발하고, $H.$ $pylori$ 감염시켜 만성 위염, 위궤양을 유발한 후, 건해삼을 투여하여 건해삼에 의한 항위염, 항위궤양 효과 및 $H.$ $pylori$ 감염 경향성 및 치료율을 검토하였던바 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 7주령 SD rats와 $H.$ $pylori$에 감염시킨 7주령 Mogolian gerbils를 정상군(Nor, n=6)과 대조군(Con, 60% HCl-ethanol+증류수(vehicle), n=6)에 비하여 실험군 I(DSD I, 60% HCl-ethanol+건해삼 30 mg/kg, n=6), 실험군 II(DSD II, 60% HCl-ethanol+건해삼 100 mg/kg, n=6), 실험군 III(DSD III, 60% HCl-ethanol+건 해삼 300 mg/kg, n=6)에서는 건해삼 투여 용량에 따른 항위염, 항위궤양 및 항헬리코박터 효과를 육안적 소견, CLO test 및 병리조직학적 검사를 통해 확인할 수 있었다. 이상의 결과를 종합해볼 때 건해삼이 새로운 위염 및 위손상 치료제와 기능성식품의 개발에 활용할 수 있음을 확인하였다.
Sea cucumber, $Stichopus$ $japonicus$, is used not only as an outstanding tonic food but also as a traditional medicine for the treatment of asthma, hypertension, rheumatism, anemia, and sinus congestion. The purpose of this study was to examine sea cucumber as an anti-gastritis and anti-gastric ulcer in HCl-ethanol-induced gastric and $H.$ $pylori$-infected animal models. Thirty 7-week-old SD rats and Mongolian gerbils were divided into normal (Nor, n=6), control (Con, 60% HCl-ethanol+water, n=6), groupI (DSCI, 60% HCl-ethanol+sea cucumber 30 mg/kg, n=6), groupII (DSCII, 60% HCl-ethanol+sea cucumber 100 mg/kg, n=6), and group III (DSCIII, 60% HCl-ethanol+sea cucumber 300 mg/kg, n=6). Sea cucumber significantly suppressed gastric lesions and ulcers in the 60% HCl-ethanol-induced gastric model. Especially, 100 mg/kg of sea cucumber showed significantly inhibitory effects. In histopathological analysis of the $H.$ $pylori$ model, we found that sea cucumber augmented the eradication rates of $H.$ $pylori$ and attenuated gastric ulcer formation. Our results suggest that sea cucumber has inhibitory effects on gastritis and gastric ulcers. In addition, sea cucumber can be applied for the treatment of $H.$ $pylori$.
