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ArticleJournal of neurogastroenterology and motility2018

The Protective Effect of

Fatemeh Dolatabadi, Amir H Abdolghaffari, Mohammad H Farzaei, Maryam Baeeri, Fatemeh S Ziarani, Majid Eslami, Mohammad Abdollahi, Roja Rahimi

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Article in Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Fatemeh DolatabadiFaculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Amir H AbdolghaffariMedicinal Plants Research Center, Institute of Medicinal Plants, ACECR, Karaj, Iran.
Mohammad H FarzaeiPharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Maryam BaeeriDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Fatemeh S ZiaraniDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Ghazvin University of Medical Sciences, Ghazvin, Iran.
Majid EslamiDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad AbdollahiDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Roja RahimiDepartment of Traditional Pharmacy, School of Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRAcademic Center for Education, Culture and Research · IRKermanshah University of Medical Sciences · IRQazvin University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

aimsThe aim of present study is to estimate the effects of

methodsTwo individual models of IBS were induced in male Wistar-albino rats. In the acetic acid model, the animals were exposed to rectal distension and abdominal withdrawal reflex, and the defecation patterns were determined. In the restraint stress model, the levels of TNF-α, myeloperoxidase, lipid peroxidation, and antioxidant powers were determined in the (removed) colon. Rats had been treated with MO, L-NG-nitroarginine methyl ester (L-NAME), aminoguanidine (AG), MO + AG, or MO + L-NAME in the mentioned experimental models.

resultsHypersensitive response to rectal distension and more stool defecation in control rats have been observed in comparison to shams. MO-300 significantly reduced VH and defecation frequency in comparison to controls. VH and defecation pattern did not show significant change in AG + MO and L-NAME + MO groups compared to controls. Also, significant reduction in TNF-α, myeloperoxidase, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), and an increase in antioxidant power in MO-300 group was recorded compared to controls. AG + MO and L-NAME + MO groups showed a reverse pattern compared to MO-300 group.

conclusionsMO can ameliorate IBS by modulating VH and defecation patterns. Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties along with its effect on the nitrergic pathway seem to play important roles in its pharmacological activity.

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Irritable bowel syndromeLemon balmMelissa officinalisNitric oxideVisceral hypersensitivity

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PMID29879761
PMCPMC6034661
OpenAlexW2806077164

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