Preventive and Therapeutic Euphol Treatment Attenuates Experimental Colitis in Mice

Rafael C. Dutra, Rafaela Franco Claudino, Allisson Freire Bento, Rodrigo Marcon, Éder C. Schmidt, Zenilda L. Bouzon, Luiz F. Pianowski, João Β. Calixto

PLoS ONE · 2011 · 69 citations · 60 references

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Abstract

Together, these results clearly demonstrated that orally-administered euphol, both preventive or therapeutic treatment were effective in reducing the severity of colitis in two models of chemically-induced mouse colitis and suggest this plant-derived compound might be a potential molecule in the management of inflammatory bowel diseases.

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