Lactobacillus brevis VPro 18 and Increased Production of Beneficial Neurotransmitter GABA

• Lactobacillus brevis Strains from Fermented Aloe vera Survive Gastroduodenal Environment and Suppress Common Food Borne Enteropathogens

  • 2014-03-05
  • PLoS ONE 9(3)
  • • Young‐Wook Kim
    • Young-ju Jeong
    • Ah-Young Kim
    • H. Son
    • Jong-Am Lee
    • Cheong-Hwan Jung
    • Chae-Hyun Kim
    • Jaeman Kim

  • PubMed: 24598940
  • DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090866

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  • Increased Production of Beneficial Neurotransmitter GABA

  • Low evidence
  • Rigorous Journal

  The L. brevis POAL strains, moreover, expressed high levels of the glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) gene which produces a beneficial neurotransmitter, γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate