Effects of an oral supplementation of germinated barley foodstuff on serum tumour necrosis factor-α, interleukin-6 and -8 in patients with ulcerative colitis | Zendy

Zeinab Faghfoori | Zendy; Lida Navai | Zendy; Rahebeh Shakerhosseini | Zendy; Mohammad Hossein Somi | Zendy; Zeinab Nikniaz | Zendy; Mohammad Fahmideh Norouzi | Zendy

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Effects of an oral supplementation of germinated barley foodstuff on serum tumour necrosis factor-α, interleukin-6 and -8 in patients with ulcerative colitis

Author(s) -

Zeinab Faghfoori,

Lida Navai,

Rahebeh Shakerhosseini,

Mohammad Hossein Somi,

Zeinab Nikniaz,

Mohammad Fahmideh Norouzi

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

annals of clinical biochemistry international journal of laboratory medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.6

H-Index - 80

eISSN - 1758-1001

pISSN - 0004-5632

DOI - 10.1258/acb.2010.010093

Subject(s) - ulcerative colitis , medicine , gastroenterology , tumor necrosis factor alpha , tumor necrosis factor α , oral administration , clinical trial , interleukin , colitis , immunology , cytokine , disease

The efficacy of germinated barley foodstuff (GBF) on tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and -8 (IL-8) in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) has not yet been examined. The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of administration of GBF on serum TNF-α, IL-6 and -8 levels in UC patients in remission.

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