Bifidobacterium lactis and Reduced Fecal Mutagenicity

• Antimutagenic activity of different forms of Bifidobacterium lactis probiotic against aflatoxin B1 by Ames method.

  • 2024-02
  • Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology 239
  • • Mehdi Pakizeh
    • Leila Nouri
    • Mohammad Hossein Azizi

  • PubMed: 38211806
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2024.107608

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Fecal Mutagenicity

  • Low evidence

  The aim of the study was to assess the antimutagenic effects of Bifidobacterium lactis (B. lactis) probiotic against aflatoxin B1 (AFB1). ... the highest score was achieved with cell suspension at 10^9 CFU/g and 5 ng/g of AFB1 (74.9 ± 7.11%). ... Therefore, probiotics not only alleviate aflatoxin in food matrices and benefit the consumer, but also notably decrease mutagenicity of AFB1.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate