Multifunctional Zinc Glycyrrhizinate‐Integrated Gel for Enhanced Probiotic Delivery and Alleviation of Acute and Spontaneous Colitis
Mengyun Peng, Xiaochun Chen, Wei Li, Shu Tang, Jun Zhou, Xia Wu, Dan Yuan, Zhongyan Shan, Junfeng Shi · 2026
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Description
Mengyun Peng and co-authors build a gel that carries helpful gut germs past the stomach, in a 2026 paper. Probiotic treatment for bowel inflammation often fails because acid, bile, and other harsh gut conditions kill the germs first.
The gel, made from a zinc compound used in a licensed anti-inflammatory drug, wraps the germs in a porous net. In lab tests that mimic the stomach, wrapped germs survived over twenty times better than bare ones. In mice they settled in the gut far more often. The gel also mops up harmful oxygen compounds at sore sites. In two mouse models of colitis, the treatment calmed inflammation and repaired the gut wall.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mengyun Peng, Xiaochun Chen, Wei Li, Shu Tang, Jun Zhou, Xia Wu, Dan Yuan, Zhongyan Shan, Junfeng Shi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 58 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |