Employment of a noninvasive magnetic method for evaluation of gastrointestinal transit in rats.

J Biol Eng

Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu, IBB - Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Distrito de Rubião Jr s/n, Botucatu, São Paulo, CEP: 18600-000, Brazil.

Published: May 2012

AI Article Synopsis

  • AC Biosusceptometry (ACB) has been effectively used to study gastrointestinal motility, particularly in assessing how food travels through the digestive system in rats.
  • The method allows for a reliable evaluation of both liquid and solid meals, addressing the need for better experimental methods in drug and herbal medicine testing.
  • ACB enables real-time monitoring of gastrointestinal transit in the same animal, maintaining physiological conditions while using both meal types easily and accurately.

Article Abstract

AC Biosusceptometry (ACB) was previously employed towards recording gastrointestinal motility. Our data show a reliable and successful evaluation of gastrointestinal transit of liquid and solid meals in rats, considering the methods scarcity and number of experiments needed to endorsement of drugs and medicinal plants. ACB permits real time and simultaneous experiments using the same animal, preserving the physiological conditions employing both meals with simplicity and accuracy.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3412735PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1754-1611-6-6DOI Listing

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