Green tea polyphenols and sulfasalazine have parallel anti-inflammatory properties in colitis models

Background: There is no cure for autoimmune chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). IBD patients commonly use complementary and alternative medications of which the safety, efficacy and interaction with standard-of-care therapies are not fully known. Thus the consequences can become life-threateni...

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Main Authors: Helieh S Oz, Theresa eChen, Willem JS de Villiers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
IBD
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2013.00132/full