Lactobacillus acidophilus MAK32L61A and Reduced DNA Damage

• Functional characteristics of Lactobacillus spp. from traditional Maasai fermented milk products in Kenya.

  • 2008-08-15
  • International Journal of Food Microbiology 126(1-2)
  • • J. Mathara
    • U. Schillinger
    • C. Guigas
    • C. Franz
    • P. M. Kutima
    • S. Mbugua
    • Heuynkil Shin
    • W. Holzapfel

  • PubMed: 18539351
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2008.04.027

  5 Insights on

  • Reduced DNA Damage

  • Low evidence
  • Highly Cited

  Many strains expressed a protective effect against N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine induced DNA damage according to the 'comet assay'.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate