Lactobacillus acidophilus MAK32L61A and Reduced Incidence of Colon Cancer

• Invited review: the scientific basis of Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM functionality as a probiotic.

  • 2001-02
  • Review
  • Journal of Dairy Science 84(2)
  • • M. Sanders
    • T. Klaenhammer

  • PubMed: 11233016
  • DOI: 10.3168/JDS.S0022-0302(01)74481-5

  8 Insights on

  • Reduced Incidence of Colon Cancer

  • Moderate evidence
  • Highly Cited
  • Clinical

  NCFM inhibits aberrant crypt formation in mutagenized rats, indicative of activity that could decrease the risk of colon cancer.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate