Clinical trials were on at three centres on 240 patients for the drug which has been approved by Kerala Drug Controller.
Peptic ulcers are very common in the west.
One in every 10 Americans develops an ulcer at some time in his or her life. In few cases, cancerous tumors in the stomach or pancreas can cause ulcers. Peptic ulcers are not caused by spicy food or stress as is usually thought. Western researchers are not certain how people become infected with H. pylori, but they think it may be through food or water. Researchers are trying to develop a vaccine to prevent infection.