Bifidobacterium lactis MAK16B42L and Improved Stool Consistency

• Effect of a fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium lactis DN-173010 on Chinese constipated women.

  • 2009-04-02
  • RCT
  • World Journal of Gastroenterology 14(40)
  • • Yue-xin Yang
    • M. He
    • Gang Hu
    • Jie Wei
    • P. Pagès
    • Xiankui Yang
    • S. Bourdu-Naturel

  • PubMed: 18985817
  • DOI: 10.3748/WJG.14.6237

  7 Insights on

  • Improved Stool Consistency

  • High evidence
  • Highly Cited
  • Clinical

  Similarly, after 1 and 2 wk of test product consumption, stool consistency (1.0 +/- 0.8 vs 1.5 +/- 1.1, P < 0.01 and 0.6 +/- 0.8 vs 1.5 +/- 1.1, P < 0.01, respectively) were significantly improved.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes