Bifidobacterium bifidum VPro 51 and Increased Bifidobacteria Levels

• Probiotics modulate the Bifidobacterium microbiota of elderly nursing home residents

  • 2008-11-28
  • RCT · n = 66
  • AGE 31(1)
  • • S. Lahtinen
    • L. Tammela
    • J. Korpela
    • Riikka Parhiala
    • H. Ahokoski
    • H. Mykkänen
    • S. Salminen

  • PubMed: 19234769
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11357-008-9081-0

  2 Insights on

  • Increased Bifidobacteria Levels

  • High evidence
  • Highly Cited

  Probiotic intervention increased the levels bifidobacteria significantly. Specifically, the levels of B. catenulatum, B. bifidum and B. breve were enhanced.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

• Microbiological effects of consuming a synbiotic containing Bifidobacterium bifidum, Bifidobacterium lactis, and oligofructose in elderly persons, determined by real-time polymerase chain reaction and counting of viable bacteria.

  • 2005-01-01
  • RCT · n = 18
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases 40(1)
  • • S. Bartosch
    • E. Woodmansey
    • J. C. Paterson
    • M. Mcmurdo
    • G. Macfarlane

  • PubMed: 15614689
  • DOI: 10.1086/426027

  22 Insights on

  • Increased Bifidobacteria Levels

  • High evidence
  • Highly Cited
  • Elderly

  Synbiotic consumption increased the size and diversity of protective fecal bifidobacterial populations, which are often very much reduced in older people.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes