Bifidobacterium longum MAK34B12L and Reduced Constipation

• Clinical evaluation of a new starter formula for infants containing live Bifidobacterium longum BL999 and prebiotics.

  • 2007-01
  • RCT · n = 138
  • Nutrition 23(1)
  • • G. Puccio
    • C. Cajozzo
    • F. Meli
    • F. Rochat
    • D. Grathwohl
    • P. Steenhout

  • PubMed: 17189085
  • DOI: 10.1016/J.NUT.2006.09.007

  18 Insights on

  • Reduced Constipation

  • High evidence
  • Highly Cited

  Infants in the experimental group had fewer incidences of constipation and had stool characteristics that suggest that the experimental formula was tolerated well.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate