In Vitro Effects of Vitamins C and E on Helicobacter pylori

In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effects of vitamins C and E on Helicobacter pylori in vitro, in other words in the absence of the in vivo dynamics of the gastric mucosa.The study included 32 patients with H. pylori-positive nonulcer dyspepsia.Tissue samples from antrum and corpus, which were taken during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, were Gram stained and seeded onto culture plates supplemented with 7% horse blood for H. pylori...