August 2003 Supplement Research Papers

• August 7

  • Effect of the proteolytic enzyme serrapeptase in patients with chronic airway disease.

    • 2003-08-07
    • RCT · n = 15
    • Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) 8(3)
    • • Seiichi Nakamura
      • Yasushi Hashimoto
      • Masashi Mikami
      • Eiichi Yamanaka
      • Tomoyuki Soma
      • Mitsunori Hino
      • Arata Azuma
      • Shoji Kudoh

    • PubMed: 12911824
    • DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2003.00482.x

    8 Insights on

    • Reduced Sputum Weight
    • Reduced Sputum Solid Component
    • Reduced Sputum Viscosity
    • Reduced Sputum Elasticity
    • Reduced Sputum Neutrophil Count
    • Reduced Coughing Frequency
    • Reduced Expectoration Frequency
    • Improved Mucociliary Transportability

    • High evidence
• Undated – 1 supplement study

  • An In Vitro Study of the Probiotic Potential of a Bile-Salt-Hydrolyzing Lactobacillus fermentum Strain, and Determination of Its Cholesterol-Lowering Properties

    • 2003-08
    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69(8)
    • • Dora I A Pereira
      • A. McCartney
      • G. Gibson

    • PubMed: 12902267
    • DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.8.4743-4752.2003

    7 Insights on

    • Increased Butyrate Levels
    • Altered Bifidobacterial Population
    • Increased Propionate Production
    • Reduced Acetate Production
    • Increased Lactate Levels
    • Unchanged Total Microbial Populations
    • Reduced Bifidobacterial Population

    • Low evidence
    • Highly Cited