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ArticleInternational journal of medical sciences2013

Oral high-dose ankaferd administration effects on gastrointestinal system.

Erdem Akbal, Seyfettin Köklü, Hesna Müzeyyen Astarcı, Erdem Koçak, Gökhan Karaca, Yavuz Beyazıt, Güler Topcu, Bilgehan Acar, Dilek Ergün, İbrahim Celalettin Haznedaroğlu

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Article in International journal of medical sciences, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Erdem AkbalDepartment of Gastroenterology, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University School of Medicine, Çanakkale, Turkey. drerdemakbal@gmail.com
Seyfettin Köklü
Hesna Müzeyyen Astarcı
Erdem Koçak
Gökhan Karaca
Yavuz Beyazıt
Güler Topcu
Bilgehan Acar
Dilek Ergün
İbrahim Celalettin Haznedaroğlu

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aimsAnkaferd Blood Stopper (ABS) is a herbal extract obtained from five different plants. It has a therapeutic potential for the management of external hemorrhage and controlling gastrointestinal bleeding. However, ABS's effects are not unknown on gastrointestinal systems. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of short- and long-term systemic exposure and gastrointestinal safety following the oral administration of high-dose ABS in rats.

methodsEighteen healthy adult male rats were included into the study. The rats were divided into 4 groups: group A was fed with high dose ABS (2ml/Kg) for one week, group B for one month, group C for three months and group D's diet did not contain any ABS. On termination of the ABS treatment, the gastrointestinal system from the esophagus to the anus and the liver were surgically removed and histological investigated.

resultsDuring the study period, there was no mortality; signs of intoxication in any of the studied groups. No gastrointestinal tissue fibrosis, dysplasia, or metaplasia was detectable in any of the groups. The stomach had a normal morphology in all groups. However, the other gastrointestinal tract sections showed mucosal inflammation, goblet cell decrements, and intra-epithelial lymphocyte infiltration. The most common changes were mucosal inflammation in all rats in group B and C. Frequency of inflammation was greater in groups B and C in comparison to group A (P= 0.001). Loss of goblet cell and intra-epithelial lymphocyte infiltration were not significantly different between groups A and B (P=0.308 and P=0.189, respectively). However, there was significantly higher intra-epithelial lymphocyte infiltration in group C than in group A (P=0.04). Histopathological examination of the liver showed no inflammation, fibrosis, bile duct destruction or proliferation in any of the groups. However, each groups revealed vascular dilatation and erythrocyte accumulation at the sinusoidal structures of the liver.

conclusionsABS seems to be a safe agent and it can be used for hemorrhage originated from gastric lesions. Further work needs to be done to establish whether ABS leads to be used to stop gastrointestinal bleeding.

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Administration, OralAnimalsDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsEsophagusGastrointestinal HemorrhageGastrointestinal TractHumansMalePlant ExtractsRatsankaferd blood stopperPlant ExtractsAnkaferd blood stopperhigh dose.oral administrationsystemic effects

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PMCPMC3590606

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