title: Anti-inflammatory efficiency of Ankaferd blood stopper in experimental distal colitis model.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Ankaferd blood stopper (ABS) is a herbal extract that enhances mucosal healing. In this study, we aimed to investigate the efficiency of ABS in the treatment of experimental distal colitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty one male albino rats were divided into three groups: Sham control (Group 1), colitis induced by acetic acid and treated with saline (Group 2), colitis induced by acetic acid and treated with ABS (Group 3). At end of the 7 th day of induction, all the rats were lightly anesthetized with intramuscular ketamine (8 mg/kg) and thereafter laparotomy and total colectomy were performed. The distal colon segment was assessed macroscopically and microscopically. In addition malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and nitric oxide (NO) levels of the colonic tissue and changes in body weight were measured.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The MDA and NO levels of the colonic tissues and weight loss were significantly higher in Group 2 compared to Group 1 and Group 3. Microscopic and macroscopic damage scores were significantly higher in Group 2 and Group 3 than Group 1 (P: 0.001, P: 0.004, respectively). Although the microscopic and macroscopic damage scores in Group 3 were slightly lower than Group 2, the difference was not statistically significant. The SOD levels of the colonic tissues were not different between the three groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Weight alterations and high-levels of the colonic tissue MDA and NO suggested that ABS might have anti-inflammatory effects on experimental distal colitis. However, this suggestion was not supported by histopathological findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Siirt State Hospital, Siirt, Turkey. gulaykad@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Erdem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Koçak
authors.forename: Erdem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Akbal
authors.forename: Adnan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taş
authors.forename: Seyfettin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Köklü
authors.forename: Gökhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Karaca
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Can
authors.forename: Bahadir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kösem
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Üstün
mesh_terms: D019342:Acetic Acid; D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D003092:Colitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D008297:Male; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000502:physiology; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D010936:Plant Extracts; C539751:ankaferd blood stopper; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D019342:Acetic Acid