Bifidobacterium lactis Bi-07 and Improved Phagocytic Activity

• Consumption of Bifidobacterium lactis Bi-07 by healthy elderly adults enhances phagocytic activity of monocytes and granulocytes

  • 2013
  • RCT · n = 37
  • Journal of Nutritional Science 2
  • • Sujira Maneerat
    • Markus J. Lehtinen
    • C. Childs
    • S. Forssten
    • Esa Alhoniemi
    • Milin Tiphaine
    • P. Yaqoob
    • A. Ouwehand
    • R. Rastall

  • PubMed: 25191600
  • DOI: 10.1017/jns.2013.31

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  • Improved Phagocytic Activity

  • High evidence
  • Highly Cited

  consumption of Bi-07 improved the phagocytic activity of monocytes (P < 0·001) and granulocytes (P = 0·02). Other parameters were unchanged.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  10^9 colony-forming units/d