Research Article

JCM-16021, a Chinese Herbal Formula, Attenuated Visceral Hyperalgesia in TNBS-Induced Postinflammatory Irritable Bowel Syndrome through Reducing Colonic EC Cell Hyperplasia and Serotonin Availability in Rats

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Effects of JCM-16021 on enterochromaffin (EC) cell density and 5-HT content in the colon tissue of PI-IBS rats. (a) shows the representative EC cells (arrowhead) in colonic mucosa of the (A1) normal rats, (A2) PI-IBS rats, (A3) pCPA treated rats, and (A4) high dose JCM-16021 treated rats (Scale bar, 200 μm). Statistical graph of EC cell density is shown in (b), and 5-HT content in (c). Data are presented as mean ± S.E.M., per group. versus normal rats, , versus PI-IBS rats (t-test).
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