Small Bowel Responses to Enteral Honey and Glutamine Administration Following Massive Small Bowel Resection in Rabbit
African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, 2008 Dec; 37(4):309-14
The trophic effects of honey and glutamine in the healing and adaptation of the small bowel following intestinal resection were studied in some Nigerian non-descript breeds of rabbits…
Honey showed a better effect than control with a significant increase in villi width (18.2%), crypts depth (66.7%) and cellular mass (33.9%) and a non significant increase in gross residual bowel length (24.6%), and villus height (30.5%).
Our result shows that honey and glutamine have trophic effects on bowel mucosa healing and hyperplasia and have potential therapeutic effects on massive bowel resection in humans.
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