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Herbal and plant therapy in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: were superior to placebo in inducing remission and preventing clinical postoperative recurrence, respectively. Herbal therapies exert their therapeutic benefit by different mechanisms including immune regulation, antioxidant activity, inhibition of leukotriene B4 and nuclear factor-kappa B, and antiplatelet activity. Large, double-blind clinical studies assessing the most commonly used natural substances should urgently be conducted.

Source: PubMed Central

Authors: Aikaterini Triantafyllidi, Theodoros Xanthos, Apostolos Papalois, John K Triantafillidis

Institutions: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Elpen Pharmaceutical (Greece), IASO General Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Subfield: Gastroenterology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1780163198

FWCI: 8.818

Cites: 42

Cited by: 145

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