A significant proportion of patients do not tolerate existing treatments because of their adverse effects and about 20% to 30% of patients fail to respond to the drugs given for induction of remission. Consequently, new alternatives for the treatment of UC constantly are being sought. Sood, et al., 2009
Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory disease involving the rectum and the colon-causing pain, bleeding, diarrhea, and tissue damage. More...