Lactobacillus plantarum DR7 and Improved Bowel Movements

• Lactobacillus plantarum DR7 Modulated Bowel Movement and Gut Microbiota Associated with Dopamine and Serotonin Pathways in Stressed Adults

  • 2020-06-29
  • RCT
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21(13)
  • • Guoxia Liu
    • H. Chong
    • F. Chung
    • Yin Li
    • M. Liong

  • PubMed: 32610495
  • DOI: 10.3390/ijms21134608

  2 Insights on

  • Improved Bowel Movements

  • High evidence

  The administration of DR7 prevented an increase of defecation frequency over 12 weeks as compared to the placebo (*p* = 0.044), modulating the increase of stress-induced bowel movement.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes