Abstract:
As a means of protecting the body from radiation, herbal
preparations have low toxicity, a mild prolonged effect and a wide spectrum of action.
Among them, the milk thistle fruits Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertner, which are the
basis for many hepatoprotectors due to the presence of the silymarin flavonoid and a
complex of biologically active substances with membranotropic properties, attract
attention. The small intestine, in which the final processes of absorption of nutrients
occur, is one of the most radiosensitive organs. We hypothesized that the biologically
active substances of milk thistle fruits can have a membranotropic effect also on
enterocytes.
Thus, the aim of the study was to research the effect of milled milk thistle fruits
on the absorption of glucose and glycine in the small intestine of 2 generations from
irradiated male rats.
