Is there anyone on the list who knows about this amino acid, zinc carnosine,
and its method of effect?  I am wondering if it could help moms who have
babies with bloody stools avoid more gut injury and promote healing.
Judy Ritchie


http://tinyurl.com/34r35u
http://www.nutraingredients.com/news/ng.asp?n=74513&m=1NIE226&c=ymhgzhkpfeeb
tvm

excerpt:
Study points to zinc carnosine's role in gut health
By Clarisse Douaud
 
26/02/2007 - Zinc carnosine could protect the gastrointestinal system
according to a study conducted in the United Kingdom.

Researchers sought to examine the potential for this ingredient, which is
marketed for gastric health, for gut repair. The study, published in the
current issue of Gut journal, was performed at Barts in London and the Queen
Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry. 

The study found zinc carnosine has biological activity in the gut.

"Importantly, these effects were seen at concentrations likely to be found
in participants taking the product as a health food supplement," says the
study.

The research included in vitro studies using pro-migratory and proliferation
assays of human colonic, rat intestinal epithelial and canine kidney
epithelial cells.

The clinical trial involved ten healthy volunteers who participated in
randomized crossover trials comparing changes in gut permeability prior to,
and following, five days of indomethacin treatment with zinc carnosine or
placebo coadministration.

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