COLITIS

QUERCETIN

Animal Study

1. Doses of quercitrin (1 or 5 mg per kilogram body weight) for 2 to 4 weeks improved symptoms of colitis (diarrhea and colon damage) in rats. Lowering or raising the dose was ineffective.

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (USA) , 1996, 278/2 (771-779)
Effect of Quercitrin on acute and chronic experimental colitis in the rat
De Medina F.S.; Galvez L.-H.; Romero J.A.; Zarzuelo A.