Evaluation of gastric mucus in man by means of the "mucoprotective index": a review of a five-year experience with this method.

measurement of a "mucoprotective index" on the basis of the mucoprotein content of human gastric juice proved a reliable method to evaluate the protective properties of gastric mucus in man in pathological conditions and under the effect of drugs. The results of five years' investigations with that method are reported and commented upon.