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Other Diseases of the Colon
Cathartic colon and the effect of laxatives on the colon The original suggestion that irritant laxatives, predominantly anthraquinones (cascara, aloe, senna), damage the colon was based on studies in laboratory animals and in colons resected from laxative abusers. Although mucosal…