Colonization resistance of the digestive tract and gastro-intestinal transit time in SPF mice

Effects of Artemisia dracunculus essential oil on diarrhea and intestinal transit time in rat gastrointestinal tract

Introduction: Artemisia dracunculus L. belongs to Asteraceae family, and is a medicinal plant widely used in traditional medicine as a remedy for gastrointestinal disturbances. This study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of essential oil of A. dracunculus (EOAD) on the rat alimentary tract. Methods: The EOAD was extracted by Clevenger apparatus using hydrodistillation. LD50 was calcula...

Effect of Iranian Black Tea Extract and Its Isolated Thearubigins on Intestinal Transit Time in Mice

Introduction: In this study, the effects of black tea extract of Iranian tea plant (Camellia sinensis var sinensis) and its polyphenolic pigment thearubigins were investigated on mice intestinal transit time. Method: Thearubigins were isolated by liquid-liquid fraction method. The effects of black tea extract and isolated thearubigins on intestinal propulsion were measured by charcoal propulsio...

Diabetes and the gastro-intestinal tract.

The autonomic nervous supply to the gut is affected by long standing diabetes. These may be responsible for the disorders of the gut. Segmental demy-elination, reduction in size of the neurons, altered vasoactive intestinal poly-pepticle (VIP), somatostatin (SS) and substance P in these neurons supplying the gut and axonal degeneration in the meissneri plexus are the abnormalities found in diab...

effects of artemisia dracunculus essential oil on diarrhea and intestinal transit time in rat gastrointestinal tract

introduction: artemisia dracunculus l. belongs to asteraceae family, and is a medicinal plant widely used in traditional medicine as a remedy for gastrointestinal disturbances. this study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of essential oil of a. dracunculus (eoad) on the rat alimentary tract. methods: the eoad was extracted by clevenger apparatus using hydrodistillation. ld50 was calculated...

Functional Disorders of the Gastro-Intestinal Tract