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unusual facts about Gastrointestinal tract



Coptis chinensis

For example, a 1996 in vitro study found Coptis chinensis extracts to be effective against the gastrointestinal parasite Blastocystis hominis.

Hernandiaceae

The Stem bark, root bark, twigs, stalks and seeds of the plant are used as hypotensive, non-cholinergic, relaxant smooth musculature, vasopressive, sympathicomimetic for inflammation and irritation of the upper respiratory system and the gastrointestinal tract.


see also

OGD

The British medical abbreviation for oesophagogastroduodenoscopy, a diagnostic endoscopic procedure that visualizes the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract up to the duodenum.

SEMS

Self-expandable metallic stent, a medical tube to hold open the gastrointestinal tract