Co-administration of the health food supplement, bovine colostrum, reduces the acute non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced increase in intestinal permeability

PLAYFORD, Raymond J.; MACDONALD, Christopher E.; CALNAN, Denis P.; FLOYD, David N.; PODAS, Theo; JOHNSON, Wendy; WICKS, Anthony C.; BASHIR, O.; MARCHBANK, Tania

doi:10.1042/cs1000627

Co-administration of the health food supplement, bovine colostrum, reduces the acute non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced increase in intestinal permeability

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are effective analgesics but cause gastrointestinal injury. Present prophylactic measures are suboptimal and novel therapies are required. Bovine colostrum is a cheap, readily available source of growth factors, which reduces gastrointestinal injury …