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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Main Authors: Fruet Andréa, Seito Leonardo, Rall Vera Lúcia, Di Stasi Luiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-05-01
Series:BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/12/62