Curative effects of fucoidan on acetic acid induced ulcerative colitis in rats via modulating aryl hydrocarbon receptor and phosphodiesterase-4

• Main Authors: Alaa Bagalagel (Author), Reem Diri (Author), Ahmad Noor (Author), Deina Almasri (Author), Hussain T. Bakhsh (Author), Hussam I. Kutbi (Author), Mohammed M. H. Al-Gayyar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an inflammatory bowel disease. Fucoidan, sulfated polysaccharide of brown seaweed, demonstrates various pharmacological actions as anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor and anti-bacterial effects. Therefore, we opt to investigate the potential curative effects...