Lactobacillus crispatus LV5 and Improved Mucoadhesion

• Association of Lactobacillus crispatus with fructo-oligosaccharides and ascorbic acid in hydroxypropyl methylcellulose vaginal insert.

  • 2016-01
  • Carbohydrate Polymers 136
  • • B. Vitali
    • A. Abruzzo
    • C. Parolin
    • R. A. Ñ. Palomino
    • F. Dalena
    • F. Bigucci
    • T. Cerchiara
    • B. Luppi

  • PubMed: 26572459
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.10.035

  3 Insights on

  • Improved Mucoadhesion

  • Low evidence

  Synbiotic inserts showed improved mucoadhesion ability (from three- to five-fold) with respect to a standard formulation based on hydroxypropyl methylcellulose alone.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate