L. LANGMEAD Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2004; 19: 739–747 SUMMARY Background: The herbal preparation, aloe vera, has been claimed to have anti-inflammatory effects and, despite a lack of evidence of its therapeutic efficacy, is widely used by patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Conclusion: Oral aloe vera taken for 4 weeks produced a clinical response more often than placebo; it also […]
Isolauri E, Kirjavainen PV, Salminen S Probiotics: a role in the treatment of intestinal infection and inflammation? Gut 2002;50:iii54-iii59. Abstract Probiotic therapy is based on the concept of normal healthy microflora. The development of novel means of characterising the gut microflora, in particular those based on the different levels of conservation in the ribosomal RNA […]
The Lancet. Volume 341, No. 8857, p1363–1365, 29 May 1993 Abstract Parenteral glutamine dipeptide improves nitrogen balance in postoperative patients on total parenteral nutrition (TPM). Animal studies show that the structure and function of the gut is preserved by glutamine. It is not known if this is the case in human beings. 20 patients admitted […]