Protective effect of quercetin against acetic acid induced inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) like symptoms in rats: Possible morphological and biochemical alterations

null null Background null Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is characterized by most common symptoms such as rectal bleeding. Lack of specific, curative treatments tempted us to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of quercetin against acetic acid induced IBD like symptoms. null null null Methods null Animals were randomly divided into five groups ( n  = 6): naive, control, sulphasalazine and quercetin, and were pretreated for three days. Colitis...