In rats with experimental colitis, octreotide significantly reduced mucosal damage.
In plain wordsIn rats with experimental colitis, octreotide reduced mucosal damage compared with acetic acid injury.
- Peptide
- Octreotide
- Outcome
- DecreaseMucosal damage
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Acetic acid-induced colitis- Comparator
- Acetic acid-induced colitis
- Outcome group
- Gastrointestinal protection · Gastrointestinal
- Studied dose
- 10 micrograms/rat · subcutaneousAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
Subcutaneous administration of octreotide (10 micrograms/rat) 1 hour before or immediately after damage induction, as well as 1 and 23 hours after acetic acid application, resulted in a significant reduction in mucosal damage.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The effect of octreotide, a synthetic analogue of somatostatin, on the modulation of the acetic acid model of experimental colitis was examined.
Colitis was induced by intracolonic administration of 2 ml of 5% acetic acid.