In colitis rats, rectal PHE-EK hydrogel (KPV plus EGF) hindered body weight loss.
In plain wordsIn rats with colitis, a gel containing KPV and growth factor reduced weight loss.
- Peptide
- KPV
- Outcome
- DecreaseBody weight loss
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Colitis rats- Outcome group
- Body weight · Gastrointestinal
Source sentences
When PHE-EK as a biomimetic mucus was rectally administrated to colitis rats, it effectively hindered the body weight loss, reduced the disease activity index and improved the colonic shorting.
In this study, KPV was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. This result is not evidence about taking KPV.