January 2007 Supplement Research Papers

• January 1

  • Lactobacillus reuteri (American Type Culture Collection Strain 55730) Versus Simethicone in the Treatment of Infantile Colic: A Prospective Randomized Study

    • 2007-01-01
    • RCT · n = 90
    • Pediatrics 119(1)
    • • F. Savino
      • E. Pelle
      • E. Palumeri
      • R. Oggero
      • R. Miniero

    • PubMed: 17200238
    • DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1222

    5 Insights on

    • Reduced Crying Duration
    • Reduced Crying in Infants
    • Reduced Infant Colics
    • Reduced Crying Time in Infants with Colic
    • Improved Colic Symptoms

    • High evidence
    • Highly Cited
• Undated – 7 supplement studies

  • Effects of Lactobacillus casei Shirota, Bifidobacterium breve, and oligofructose-enriched inulin on colonic nitrogen-protein metabolism in healthy humans.

    • 2007-01
    • RCT · n = 20
    • American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology 292(1)
    • • V. De Preter
      • T. Vanhoutte
      • G. Huys
      • J. Swings
      • L. De Vuyst
      • P. Rutgeerts
      • K. Verbeke

    • PubMed: 16990449
    • DOI: 10.1152/AJPGI.00052.2006

    2 Insights on

    • Reduced Urinary p-Cresol Excretion
    • Reduced Urinary Nitrogen Excretion

    • High evidence
    • Highly Cited

  • Clinical evaluation of a new starter formula for infants containing live Bifidobacterium longum BL999 and prebiotics.

    • 2007-01
    • RCT · n = 138
    • Nutrition 23(1)
    • • G. Puccio
      • C. Cajozzo
      • F. Meli
      • F. Rochat
      • D. Grathwohl
      • P. Steenhout

    • PubMed: 17189085
    • DOI: 10.1016/J.NUT.2006.09.007

    18 Insights on

    • Reduced Incidence of Adverse Events
    • Increased Body Weight
    • Reduced Upper Respiratory Infections
    • Improved Tolerability
    • Reduced Constipation
    • Improved Weight Gain
    • Improved Stool Characteristics
    • Reduced Respiratory Infections
    • Equivalence in Weight Gain
    • Reduced Incidence of Constipation
    • No Difference in Recumbent Length
    • Increased Body Weight Gain
    • No Change in Head Circumference
    • Increased General Morbidity
    • Equivalence in Growth Parameters
    • Achieved Normal Weight Gain
    • Improved Growth Metrics Stability
    • Increased Weight

    • High evidence
    • Highly Cited

  • Saccharomyces boulardii decreases inflammation and intestinal colonization by Candida albicans in a mouse model of chemically-induced colitis.

    • 2007-01
    • Clinical Trial · n = 7
    • Medical Mycology 45(8)
    • • S. Jawhara
      • D. Poulain

    • PubMed: 17885943
    • DOI: 10.1080/13693780701523013

    2 Insights on

    • Reduced Candida albicans Colonization
    • Reduced Inflammation

    • Low evidence
    • Highly Cited
    • Animal Study

  • The mushroom Agaricus Blazei Murill in combination with metformin and gliclazide improves insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes: a randomized, double-blinded, and placebo-controlled clinical trial.

    • 2007-01
    • RCT · n = 72
    • Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) 13(1)
    • • Chung-Hua Hsu
      • Yang-Li Liao
      • Su-Ching Lin
      • Kung-Chang Hwang
      • Pesus Chou

    • PubMed: 17309383
    • DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.6054

    2 Insights on

    • Improved Insulin Sensitivity
    • Increased Adiponectin Levels

    • High evidence

  • Activity of HIV entry and fusion inhibitors expressed by the human vaginal colonizing probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri RC‐14

    • 2007-01
    • Cellular Microbiology 9(1)
    • • Janice J. Liu
      • G. Reid
      • Yonghou Jiang
      • M. Turner
      • C. Tsai

    • PubMed: 16879452
    • DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2006.00772.x

    1 Insight on

    • Reduced HIV Sexual Transmission Risk

    • Low evidence

  • Preventive effect of 20(S)-ginsenoside Rg3 against lipopolysaccharide-induced hepatic and renal injury in rats

    • 2007-01
    • Clinical Trial
    • Free Radical Research 41(10)
    • • Ki Sung Kang
      • Hyun Young Kim
      • N. Yamabe
      • Jeong Hill Park
      • T. Yokozawa

    • PubMed: 17886040
    • DOI: 10.1080/10715760701581740

    2 Insights on

    • Reduced Oxidative Tissue Injury
    • Reduced Thiobarbituric Acid-Reactive Substance Levels

    • Low evidence
    • Animal Study

  • Antibiotic susceptibility profile of bifidobacteria as affected by oxgall, acid, and hydrogen peroxide stress.

    • 2007-01
    • Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 51(1)
    • • E Kheadr
      • N Dabour
      • C Le Lay
      • C Lacroix
      • I Fliss

    • PubMed: 17060530
    • DOI: 10.1128/aac.00261-06

    1 Insight on

    • Altered Antibiotic Susceptibility

    • Low evidence