Dietary intervention with narrow-leaved cattail rhizome flour (<it>Typha angustifolia</it> L.) prevents intestinal inflammation in the trinitrobenzenesulphonic acid model of rat colitis
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammation of the intestinal epithelium that is driven by the intestinal immune system, oxidative stress and the loss of tolerance to the luminal microbiota. The use of dietary products...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-05-01
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Series: | BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/12/62 |