preface_ Peptic Ulcer Disease
Part 1
01_Gastric Ulcer Etiology
02_Effects of Helicobacter pylori and Non-Steroidal
Anti-Inflammatory Drugs on Peptic Ulcer
03_Helicobacter Pylori Infection in
Peptic Ulcer Disease
04_NSAIDs and Peptic Ulcer Disease
05_The Etiological Factors of
Duodenal and Gastric Ulcers
06_Helicobacter pylori –
Not Only a Gastric Pathogene?
Part 2
07_Pathophysiology of Gastric Ulcer Development
and Healing: Molecular Mechanisms
and Novel Therapeutic Options
08_Gastric Ulcer Healing –
Role of Serum Response Factor
09_Helicobacter pylori and Peptic Ulcer –
Role of Reactive Oxygen Species and Apoptosis
10_Role of New Appetite Hormones Ghrelin,
Orexin-A and Obestatin in the Mechanism
of Healing of Chronic Gastric Ulcers
11_Activation of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-
Adrenocortical Axis as a Gastroprotective
Component of Stress Response
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
13_Helicobacter pylori and Host Response
Part 3
14_Helicobacter pylori Infection in
Elderly Patients
15_Perforated Duodenal Ulcer
in High Risk Patients
16_Management of Acute Gastric
Ulcer Bleeding
17_Case Study in Optimal Dosing in
Duodenal Ulcer
Part 4
18_Conventional and Novel Pharmaceutical
Dosage Forms on Prevention of
Gastric Ulcers
19_Spices as Alternative Agents for Gastric
Ulcer Prevention and Treatment
20_Ethnopharmacology as Current Strategy in the
Search of Novel Anti-Ulcerogenic Drugs:
Case of a Brazilian Medicinal Plant
(Maytenus ilicifolia Mart. ex. Reissek)
21_Anti-Ulcerative Potential of
Some Fruits and the Extracts
22_Herbal Treatment of Peptic Ulcer:
Guilty or Innocent
23_In Vitro and In Vivo Anti-Helicobacter
pylori Activity of Natural Products
24_Prevention of Gastric Ulcers
Part 5
25_Association Between Nonsteroidal
Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and
Gastric Ulceration in
Horses and Ponies