Abstract
Barley flour inner 75 and outer 25 were finely milled, and their approximate composition and dietary fiber contents were determined. Protective effects of the two kinds of barley flour on water-immersion-induced gastric stress ulcer of rats were examined. The results were as follows:
1. Barley flour inner 75 was richer in fat, ash and dietary fiber than wheat flour. Barley flour outer 25 was more abundant in protein, fat, ash and dietary fiber than barley flour inner 75.
2. Sprague-Dewley rats were fed on the diets containing 10% of barley flour for 14 days, fasted for 24hr, and then immersed in water at 23°C to the height of their xiphoid fox 21hr.
The inhibitory rates of gastric stress ulcer induced by the water immersion were 67.4% by the diets containing barley flour inner 75 and 47.4 % by those containing outer 25, rgspectively.
