March 2003 Supplement Research Papers

• March 15

  • Evaluation of Bifidobacterium breve strain Yakult-fermented soymilk as a probiotic food.

    • 2003-03-15
    • International Journal of Food Microbiology 81(2)
    • • Y. Shimakawa
      • S. Matsubara
      • N. Yuki
      • M. Ikeda
      • F. Ishikawa

    • PubMed: 12457587
    • DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(02)00224-6

    14 Insights on

    • Improved Gut Microbiota
    • Increased Bifidobacteria Levels
    • Improved Tolerance to Bile Salts
    • Increased Fecal Bifidobacteria
    • Increased Levels of Bifidobacteria
    • Increased Bifidobacteria Count
    • Increased Bifidobacterial Population
    • Increased Fecal Bifidobacterium Count
    • Increased Bifidobacterium Levels in Feces
    • Improved Probiotic Efficiency
    • Improved Bile Survivability
    • Increased Bifidobacterium Levels
    • Improved Growth in Bile-Containing Medium
    • Increased Viable Bifidobacteria Counts

    • Low evidence
    • Highly Cited
• Undated – 3 supplement studies

  • Oral use of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 and L. fermentum RC-14 significantly alters vaginal flora: randomized, placebo-controlled trial in 64 healthy women.

    • 2003-03
    • RCT · n = 64
    • FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology 35(2)
    • • G. Reid
      • D. Charbonneau
      • J. Erb
      • B. Kochanowski
      • D. Beuerman
      • Russ Poehner
      • A. Bruce

    • PubMed: 12628548
    • DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(02)00465-0

    11 Insights on

    • Restored Vaginal Flora
    • Increased Vaginal Lactobacilli Presence
    • Reduced Vaginal Yeast Levels
    • Reduced Vaginal Coliforms
    • Improved Vaginal Flora
    • Increased Vaginal Lactobacilli Levels
    • Reduced Asymptomatic Bacterial Vaginosis
    • Reduced Vaginal Yeast Infections
    • Reduced Vaginal Coliform Levels
    • Increased Vaginal Lactobacilli Colonization
    • Reduced Vaginal Yeast Colonization

    • High evidence
    • Highly Cited

  • Probiotic properties of human lactobacilli strains to be used in the gastrointestinal tract.

    • 2003-03
    • Journal of Applied Microbiology 94(3)
    • • M. F. Fernández
      • S. Boris
      • C. Barbés

    • PubMed: 12588553
    • DOI: 10.1046/J.1365-2672.2003.01850.X

    6 Insights on

    • Reduced Enteropathogen Activity
    • Reduced Escherichia coli Attachment
    • Improved Survival Under Gastrointestinal Conditions
    • Gastrointestinal Tract Colonization
    • Reduced Enteropathogen Growth
    • Improved Gastrointestinal Resistance

    • Low evidence
    • Highly Cited

  • Persistence of Colonization of Intestinal Mucosa by a Probiotic Strain, Lactobacillus casei subsp. rhamnosus Lcr35, after Oral Consumption

    • 2003-03
    • RCT · n = 12
    • Journal of Clinical Microbiology 41(3)
    • • C. de Champs
      • Nathalie Maroncle
      • Damien Balestrino
      • C. Rich
      • C. Forestier

    • PubMed: 12624065
    • DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.3.1270-1273.2003

    1 Insight on

    • Increased Fecal Lactobacilli Population

    • High evidence
    • Highly Cited