Bamboo Salt and Triple Therapy Synergistically Inhibit -Induced Gastritis In Vivo: A Preliminary Study.

infections are a major cause of gastrointestinal disorders, including gastric ulcers, gastritis, and gastric cancer. Triple therapy, using two antibiotics and a proton pump inhibitor, is recommended for the treatment of infections. However, antibiotic resistance in is an emerging issue. Bamboo salt, a traditional Korean salt made by baking solar sea salt in bamboo barrels, can ameliorate the symptoms of various gastrointestinal diseases. Herein, we compared the anti- activity of triple therapy (clarithromycin, metronidazole, and omeprazole), solar salt, and bamboo salt in vivo as a preliminary study. Four-week-old C57BL/6 male mice were inoculated for eight weeks with the Sydney Strain 1 (SS-1) and orally administered triple therapy drugs and salts for five days. The transcript levels of the -expressed gene and inflammatory cytokines and significantly decreased in the bamboo salt treated mice than those in the -infected control group. This effect was further enhanced by using triple therapy and bamboo salt together. Solar salt caused modest inhibition of -induced inflammation. We also demonstrated the synergistic effects of bamboo salt and triple therapy against . Thus, bamboo salt may be a potential candidate agent against the treatment of -associated gastritis.