ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF BOWEL-CLEANSING AGENTS - IMPLICATIONS OF ANTIBACTEROIDES ACTIVITY OF SENNA

Authors
CHAPMAN MAS ABERCROMBIE J LIVERMORE DM WILLIAMS NS
Citation
Mas. Chapman et al., ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF BOWEL-CLEANSING AGENTS - IMPLICATIONS OF ANTIBACTEROIDES ACTIVITY OF SENNA, British Journal of Surgery, 82(8), 1995, pp. 1053-1053
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
British Journal of Surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00071323
Volume
82
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1053 - 1053
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1323(1995)82:8<1053:AAOBA->2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Bowel-cleansing agents may affect the survival and growth of colonic b acteria and so may alter the relationship between colonic epithelium a nd gut flora. This study examined the in vitro antimicrobial effects o f senna, magnesium sulphate (MgSO4), polyethylene glycol (PEG) 600 and Picolax (sodium picosulphate 10 mg, magnesium oxide 3.5 mg and citric acid 12 g) (Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Feltham, UK) against 36 strains of colonic bacteria belonging to four species.