Open AccessImprovement of barrier function and stimulation of colonic epithelial anion secretion byMenoease Pills
Author(s) -
Jinxia Zhu,
Ning Yang,
Guihong Zhang,
Lai-Ling Tsang,
Yu-Lin Gou,
Hoi Man Wong,
YiuWa Chung,
Hsiao-Chang Chan
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v10.i17.2514
Subject(s) - bumetanide , stimulation , tight junction , chemistry , dids , cotransporter , amiloride , barrier function , ion transporter , transepithelial potential difference , apical membrane , channel blocker , endocrinology , medicine , epithelial sodium channel , epithelium , diphenylamine , biology , biochemistry , sodium , microbiology and biotechnology , organic chemistry , membrane , calcium , genetics
Menoease Pills (MP), a Chinese medicine-based new formula for postmenopausal women, has been shown to modulate the endocrine and immune systems. The present study investigated the effects of MP and one of its active ingredients, ligustrazine, on epithelial barrier and ion transport function in a human colonic cell line, T84.