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| Provedor de dados: |
Biocell
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| País: |
Argentina
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| Título: |
Probiotics enhance the recovery of gut atrophy in experimental malnutrition
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| Autores: |
Dock,Diana B.
Aguilar-Nascimento,José E.
Latorraca,Marcia Q.
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| Data: |
2004-08-01
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| Ano: |
2004
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| Palavras-chave: |
Probiotics
Malnutrition
Small bowel
Colon
Mucosa
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| Resumo: |
AIM: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of probiotics on the recovery of the bowel atrophy induced by malnutrition in rats. METHODS: Twenty-and-six Wistar rats (200-250g) were fed with either a normoproteic (sham group, n=6) or a free-protein diet (n=20) during 12 days. Twelve malnourished rats were randomized to recover during 15 days with either a hydrolyzed diet (control group, n=6) or the same diet enriched with probiotics (Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus helveticus; probiotic group, n=6). RESULTS: Probiotic group showed similar gain of body, liver and bowel weight than controls. At the jejunum, both the villus height (383±49 vs. 321±46mm; p=0.04) and crypt depth (157±31 vs. 125±10mm; p=0.04) were greater in probiotic group than in controls. The crypt depth at the cecum (214±22 vs. 169±43 mm; p=0.05) and the wall width at both the cecum (410±18 vs. 340±61 mm; p=0.02) and sigmoid (479±130 vs. 330±62 mm; p=0.03) were higher in probiotic than in control group. CONCLUSION: Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus helveticus enhance the recovery of gut atrophy induced by malnutrition. Probiotics can be useful as oral adjuvants during the recovery of malnutrition.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0327-95452004000200003
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| Editor: |
Sociedad Latinoamericana de Microscopía Electrónica.; Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (Mendoza, Argentina)
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text/html
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| Fonte: |
Biocell v.28 n.2 2004
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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