Lactobacillus acidophilus La-14 and Improved Gut Motility

• Lactobacillus acidophilus alleviates slow transit constipation by modulating 5-HT pathway and gut microbial composition.

  • 2026-03-16
  • Frontiers in nutrition 13
  • • Yunhe Fan
    • Hao Qin
    • Jiayao Liu
    • Mureed Abbas
    • Chuanli Yang
    • Haixia Cheng
    • Xiushan Dong

  • PubMed: 41919078
  • DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2026.1775405

  4 Insights on

  • Improved Gut Motility

  • Low evidence

  L. acidophilus treatment significantly enhanced intestinal peristalsis and maintained the intestinal barrier

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes