“…However, gastric erosions and ulcers are caused by various factors such as gastric over-secretion and retention, mucin layer-depleting agents, blood flow disturbances, and inflammation [1,2,3,4]. The ulcer-inducing agents include non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) that block production of prostaglandins (PGs), leading to mucin depletion and focal ischemia [5,6,7,8,9], alcohols [7,8,10], stresses [4,7,8], gastric retention [7,8], gastric hypermotility and acetic acid accumulation [8,11,12,13,14], and bacterial infection such as Helicobacter pylori [1,2,15,16,17]. …”