Lactobacillus plantarum 299v and Reduced Faecal pH

• Effect of Lactobacillus plantarum 299v on colonic fermentation and symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome.

  • 2002-11
  • Clinical Trial
  • Digestive diseases and sciences 47(11)
  • • S Sen
    • M M Mullan
    • T J Parker
    • J T Woolner
    • S A Tarry
    • J O Hunter

  • PubMed: 12452404
  • DOI: 10.1023/a:1020597001460

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  • Reduced Faecal pH

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  • Clinical

  Breath hydrogen excretion after lactulose was reduced by the probiotic (median at 120 min, 6 ppm; placebo, 17 ppm; P = 0.019).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes