Aged black tea alleviates constipation in mice by modulating intestinal neurotransmitters and decreasing AQP3 and AQP9 expression

Background: Black tea is fully fermented tea with abundant functional components that benefit the gastrointestinal tract. But whether black tea extract relieves constipation is unknown. Therefore, we used loperamide to induce constipation in mice to assess the therapeutical effect of extracts from a...

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Main Authors: Yu Wu, Qiuhua Li, Junxi Cao, Fenling Fan, Lishe Gan, Rihui Wu, Jingwei Jin, Ruohong Chen, Lingli Sun, Zhenbiao Zhang, Xingfei Lai, Wing-Leung Wong, Shili Sun, Dongli Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Swedish Nutrition Foundation 2023-10-01
Series:Food & Nutrition Research
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Online Access:https://foodandnutritionresearch.net/index.php/fnr/article/view/9513/16346