Protective Effects of Natural Antioxidants on Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Thymol and Its Pharmacological Properties

• Main Authors: Yao Liu (Author), Hui Yan (Author), Bing Yu (Author), Jun He (Author), Xiangbing Mao (Author), Jie Yu (Author), Ping Zheng (Author), Zhiqing Huang (Author), Yuheng Luo (Author), Junqiu Luo (Author), Aimin Wu (Author), Daiwen Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a gastrointestinal disease that involves chronic mucosal or submucosal lesions that affect tissue integrity. Although IBD is not life-threatening, it sometimes causes severe complications, such as colon cancer. The exact etiology of IBD remains unclear, but severa...