Small bowel responses to enteral honey and glutamine administration following massive small bowel resection in rabbit.

Abstrakt

The trophic effects of honey and glutamine in the healing and adaptation of the small bowel following intestinal resection were studied in some Nigerian non-descript breeds of rabbits. Nine rabbits of mixed sexes with mean body weight of 1.45 ±0.55kg were used. They were randomised into three treatment groups following 50% small bowel resection. Group A rabbits were placed on oral honey treatment, Group B on oral glutamine and group C on normal saline (control). All groups exhibited signs of small bowel adaptation (glutamine(B) honey (A) control (C) at the end of the experiment (4 weeks) with oral glutamine showing the best overall effects on intestinal mucosal growth and adaptation evidenced by significant increase (P<0.05) in residual bowel length (37.3%), villi width (20.0%), crypt depth (113.3%) and a non significant increase in villus height (33.3%) and cellular mass (10.2%). Honey showed a better effect than control with a significant increase (P<0.05) in villi width (18.2%), crypts depth (66.7%) and cellular mass (33.9%) and a non significant increase in gross residual bowel length (24.6%), and villus height (30.5%). Our result shows that honey and glutamine have trophic effects on bowel mucosa healing and hyperplasia and have potential therapeutic effects on massive bowel resection in humans.

Keywords: Small, bowel, honey, glutamine, massive, resection

Résumé
Les effets trophiques du miel et de la glutamine dans la guérrison et l’adaptation de petit ulcéres aprés la resection intestinale étaient étudiés chez certains lapins d’espéces Nigérian. Neuf lapins de sexe different ayant un poids moyen de 1.45 ± 0.55 kg étaient utilisés. Ils étaient divisés au harzard dans trois groupes en fonction du dégré de resection ou ulcération de l’estomac. Les lapins du groupe A recevaient du miel oralement pour le traitement, ceux du groupe B recevaient la glutuamine et ceux du groupe C servant comme le contrôle ne recevaient de l’eau salée uniquement. Tous les groupes demontraient des signes d’adaptation á l’ulcération á la fin des quatres semaines d’experiences. L’administration orale du glutamine avait le meileur effet sur le developpment des mucoses intestinales, une adaptation significative (P<0.05) et une croissance de la longeur de l’estomac résiduel(37.3%), de la largeur des villi (20.0%), de la hauteur des cryptes(113.3%) et une augmentation non significative de la hauteur des villi(33.3%) et de la masse cellulaire(10.2%).Le meil demonstrait un effet meilleur que la solution salée administrée aux controles avec une augmentation significative de la largeur des villi (18.2%) (P<0.05), de la profondeur des cryptes(66.7%), de la masse cellulaire de 33.9% et une augmentation non significative de la longeur de l’estomac résiduel de 24.6% et l’hauteur de villi de 30.5%. Nos résultats montrent que le miel et la glutamine ont des effets trophiques sur le traitement des mucoses de l’estomac et l’hyperplasie, et ont des effets thérapeutiques potentiel sur la resection massive de l’estomac chez l’homme.

Correspondence: Dr. O.D. Eyarefe, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Reproduction, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. Email: eyarefe@hotmail.com

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