August 2024 Supplement Research Papers

• August 1

  • Persimmon Fiber-Rich Ingredients Promote Anti-Inflammatory Responses and the Growth of Beneficial Anti-Inflammatory Firmicutes Species from the Human Colon.

    • 2024-08-01
    • Nutrients 16(15)
    • • Lucía López-Bermudo
      • Bryan Moreno-Chamba
      • Julio Salazar-Bermeo
      • Nicholas J Hayward
      • Amanda Morris
      • Gary J Duncan
      • Wendy R Russell
      • Antonio Cárdenas
      • Ángeles Ortega
      • Blanca Escudero-López
      • Genoveva Berná
      • Nuria Martí Bruña
      • Sylvia H Duncan
      • Madalina Neacsu
      • Franz Martin

    • PubMed: 39125398
    • DOI: 10.3390/nu16152518

    3 Insights on

    • Reduced Inflammation
    • Increased Butyrate Production
    • Increased Gut Microbial Growth

    • Low evidence
    • Rigorous Journal

  • A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the benefits of a standardized Nigella sativa oil containing 5% thymoquinone in reducing the symptoms of seasonal allergy.

    • 2024-08-01
    • RCT · n = 65
    • Medicine 103(32)
    • • Anju Majeed
      • Shaheen Majeed
      • Avinash Kadasiddappa Parameswarappa
      • Avinash Murali
      • Satish Gudimallam
      • Chikkalingaiah Siddegowda
      • Harshith Chandrashekar
      • Lakshmi Mundkur

    • PubMed: 39121267
    • DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000039243

    3 Insights on

    • Reduced Total Nasal Symptom Score
    • Reduced Ocular Symptom Score
    • Reduced Allergic Rhinitis Symptom Episode Per Day

    • High evidence
• August 2

  • The Potential of Bacillus Species as Probiotics in the Food Industry: A Review.

    • 2024-08-02
    • Review
    • Foods (Basel, Switzerland) 13(15)
    • • Jessie Payne
      • Danielle Bellmer
      • Ravi Jadeja
      • Peter Muriana

    • PubMed: 39123635
    • DOI: 10.3390/foods13152444

    5 Insights on

    • Improved Bowel Movement Frequency
    • Improved Gastrointestinal Health
    • Reduced Gastrointestinal Symptoms
    • Reduced Diarrhea Symptoms
    • Improved Gastrointestinal Symptoms

    • Low evidence
• August 5

  • Nutrition, Obesity, and Seborrheic Dermatitis: Systematic Review.

    • 2024-08-05
    • Systematic Review · n = 906
    • JMIR dermatology 7
    • • Emily Woolhiser
      • Noah Keime
      • Arya Patel
      • Isaac Weber
      • Madeline Adelman
      • Robert P Dellavalle

    • PubMed: 39102684
    • DOI: 10.2196/50143

    2 Insights on

    • Improved Patient Satisfaction
    • Decreased Scalp Sebum Level

    • High evidence

  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of N-acetylcysteine on outcomes after liver resection.

    • 2024-08-05
    • Meta-Analysis · n = 388
    • ANZ journal of surgery 94(10)
    • • Amanda Koh
      • Tiffany Wong
      • Alfred Adiamah
      • Sudip Sanyal

    • PubMed: 39101362
    • DOI: 10.1111/ans.19183

    6 Insights on

    • Reduced Lactate Level
    • Reduced ALT Level
    • Reduced Length of Stay
    • Reduced INR
    • Reduced Transfusion Rate
    • Reduced Morbidity

    • High evidence

  • The effects of N-acetyl cysteine on intrinsic functional connectivity and neural alcohol cue reactivity in treatment-seeking individuals with alcohol use disorder: a preliminary study.

    • 2024-08-05
    • RCT · n = 14
    • Psychopharmacology 242(1)
    • • Warren B Logge
      • Paul S Haber
      • Tristan P Hurzeler
      • Ellen E Towers
      • Kirsten C Morley

    • PubMed: 39102049
    • DOI: 10.1007/s00213-024-06656-z

    1 Insight on

    • Reduced Craving

    • High evidence
• August 6

  • Conjugated Linoleic Acid Production in Pine Nut Oil: A Lactiplantibacillus plantarum Lp-01 Fermentation Approach.

    • 2024-08-06
    • Foods (Basel, Switzerland) 13(16)
    • • Gang Wei
      • Ge Wu
      • Jiajia Sun
      • Yi Qi
      • Qi Zhao
      • Fengde Xu
      • Zhi Zhang
      • Lanzhi Peng

    • PubMed: 39200400
    • DOI: 10.3390/foods13162472

    1 Insight on

    • Increased Conjugated Linoleic Acid Production

    • Low evidence
• August 10

  • Propolis supplementation can reduce serum level of interleukin-6, C-reactive protein, and tumor necrosis factor-α: an updated systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis on randomized clinical trials.

    • 2024-08-10
    • Meta-Analysis
    • Journal of health, population, and nutrition 43(1)
    • • Ali Gholami
      • Negar Dinarvand
      • Mitra Hariri

    • PubMed: 39127756
    • DOI: 10.1186/s41043-024-00600-9

    3 Insights on

    • Reduced Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha
    • Reduced Interleukin-6 Levels
    • Reduced C-Reactive Protein Levels

    • High evidence
• August 12

  • Bifidobacterium lactis IDCC 4301 (B. lactis Fit™) supplementation effects on body fat, serum triglyceride, and adipokine ratio in obese women: a randomized clinical trial.

    • 2024-08-12
    • RCT · n = 99
    • Food & function 15(16)
    • • Miji Lee
      • Min Kyung Bok
      • Kumhee Son
      • Minjee Lee
      • HyunMin Park
      • Jungwoo Yang
      • Hyunjung Lim

    • PubMed: 39051504
    • DOI: 10.1039/d4fo00535j

    5 Insights on

    • Reduced Body Mass Index
    • Reduced Body Fat
    • Reduced Serum Triglycerides
    • Reduced Leg Adiposity
    • Improved Adipokine Profile

    • High evidence
• August 13

  • The effectiveness of interventions to reduce the transmission of acute respiratory infections in care homes: a systematic review.

    • 2024-08-13
    • Systematic Review · n = 21
    • Journal of public health (Oxford, England) 46(4)
    • • Merlin L Willcox
      • Deepthi Lavu
      • Usaid Yousaf
      • Sam Dalton
      • Nia Roberts
      • Annette Plüddemann

    • PubMed: 39136085
    • DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdae178

    1 Insight on

    • Reduced Incidence of Acute Respiratory Infection

    • High evidence
• August 14

  • The effect of tart cherry juice compared to a sports drink on cycling exercise performance, substrate metabolism, and recovery.

    • 2024-08-14
    • RCT
    • PloS one 19(8)
    • • Ruirui Gao
      • Nicole Rapin
      • Justin W Andrushko
      • Jonathan P Farthing
      • Julianne Gordon
      • Philip D Chilibeck

    • PubMed: 39141644
    • DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307263

    11 Insights on

    • Reduced Blood Glucose Levels
    • Reduced Lactate Levels
    • Reduced Muscle Soreness
    • Reduced Rating of Perceived Exertion
    • Improved Cycling Time Trial Performance
    • Increased Fat Oxidation
    • Reduced Carbohydrate Oxidation
    • Reduced Respiratory Exchange Ratio
    • Reduced Oxygen Cost of Exercise
    • Improved Maximal Voluntary Contraction
    • Reduced Low-Frequency Fatigue

    • High evidence
• August 16

  • Vitamin E improves serum markers and histology in adults with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

    • 2024-08-16
    • Meta-Analysis
    • Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology 39(12)
    • • Nicholas Ming-Zher Chee
      • Ram Prasad Sinnanaidu
      • Wah-Kheong Chan

    • PubMed: 39150005
    • DOI: 10.1111/jgh.16723

    7 Insights on

    • Reduced Aspartate Aminotransferase Level
    • Improved MASH Resolution
    • Reduced ALT Level
    • Reduced Steatosis
    • Reduced Lobular Inflammation
    • Reduced Hepatocyte Ballooning
    • No Change in Fibrosis

    • High evidence
• August 18

  • Pharmacological Treatment for Dialysis-Related Muscle Cramps: A Systematic Review.

    • 2024-08-18
    • Systematic Review · n = 4,660
    • Seminars in dialysis 37(6)
    • • Nidia Mantilla-Manosalva
      • Santiago Guadarrama
      • Lennis Jazmin Bedoya-Muñoz
      • Sara Giraldo-Moreno
      • Laura Cuellar-Valencia
      • María Fernanda Iriarte-Aristizábal
      • Marta Ximena León
      • Fernan Alejandro Mendoza-Montenegro
      • Juan Esteban Correa-Morales

    • PubMed: 39155056
    • DOI: 10.1111/sdi.13223

    3 Insights on

    • Reduced Muscle Cramp Frequency
    • Reduced Muscle Cramp Duration
    • Reduced Severity of Muscle Cramps

    • High evidence
• August 21

  • Survival of Probiotic Bacterial Cells in the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract and the Effect of the Surviving Population on the Colonic Microbial Community Activity and Composition.

    • 2024-08-21
    • Nutrients 16(16)
    • • Marlies Govaert
      • Chloë Rotsaert
      • Chelsea Vannieuwenhuyse
      • Cindy Duysburgh
      • Sophie Medlin
      • Massimo Marzorati
      • Harry Jarrett

    • PubMed: 39203927
    • DOI: 10.3390/nu16162791

    1 Insight on

    • Increased Probiotic Bacterial Survival Through Upper Gastrointestinal Transit

    • Low evidence
    • Rigorous Journal

  • Dual bacteriocin and extracellular vesicle-mediated inhibition of Campylobacter jejuni by the potential probiotic candidate Ligilactobacillus salivarius UO.C249.

    • 2024-08-21
    • Applied and environmental microbiology 90(8)
    • • Mariem Chiba
      • Saba Miri
      • Basit Yousuf
      • Galal Ali Esmail
      • Luana Leao
      • Yingxi Li
      • Maxwell Hincke
      • Zoran Minic
      • Walid Mottawea
      • Riadh Hammami

    • PubMed: 39078127
    • DOI: 10.1128/aem.00845-24

    2 Insights on

    • Reduced Campylobacter jejuni Colonization/Growth
    • Reduced Campylobacter jejuni Inhibition

    • Low evidence
    • Rigorous Journal
    • Animal Study
• August 22

  • Pharmacological treatments for vascular dementia: a systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis.

    • 2024-08-22
    • Systematic Review · n = 194
    • Frontiers in pharmacology 15
    • • Chun Dang
      • Qinxuan Wang
      • Yijia Zhuang
      • Qian Li
      • Li Feng
      • Ying Xiong
      • Yaoheng Lu

    • PubMed: 39239652
    • DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1451032

    2 Insights on

    • Improved Activities of Daily Living
    • Improved Mini-Mental State Examination Score

    • High evidence

  • Probiotic applications of bifidobacteria in poultry: administration methods and microencapsulation techniques.

    • 2024-08-22
    • Review
    • Microbiome research reports 4(3)
    • • Eloy Argañaraz-Martínez
      • María Cristina Apella
      • Adriana Perez Chaia
      • Jaime Daniel Babot

    • PubMed: 41133100
    • DOI: 10.20517/mrr.2025.64

    4 Insights on

    • Improved Immune Function
    • Improved Immune Response
    • Improved Gut Health
    • Improved Digestive Function

    • Low evidence
• August 23

  • Protective Mechanisms of Vaginal Lactobacilli against Sexually Transmitted Viral Infections.

    • 2024-08-23
    • Review
    • International journal of molecular sciences 25(17)
    • • Elisa Avitabile
      • Laura Menotti
      • Vanessa Croatti
      • Barbara Giordani
      • Carola Parolin
      • Beatrice Vitali

    • PubMed: 39273118
    • DOI: 10.3390/ijms25179168

    5 Insights on

    • Reduced Duration of Common Cold
    • Reduced Incidence of Common Cold
    • Reduced Viral Infection
    • Maintained Vaginal Microbiota
    • Reduced Fatigue

    • Moderate evidence
    • Rigorous Journal

  • Topical Probiotic Hydrogels for Burn Wound Healing.

    • 2024-08-23
    • Review
    • Gels (Basel, Switzerland) 10(9)
    • • Tavinda Arshad
      • Varsha Mundrathi
      • Victoria E Perez
      • Jeilyn M Nunez
      • Hyunah Cho

    • PubMed: 39330147
    • DOI: 10.3390/gels10090545

    1 Insight on

    • Improved Wound Healing

    • Low evidence
• August 28

  • An open label randomized controlled trial of the effects of rice bran oil on cardiometabolic risk factors, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant status in overweight/obese adults with metabolic syndrome.

    • 2024-08-28
    • RCT · n = 50
    • Lipids in health and disease 23(1)
    • • Marjan Mahdavi-Roshan
      • Nargeskhatoon Shoaibinobarian
      • Mehdi Evazalipour
      • Arsalan Salari
      • Zeinab Ghorbani
      • Amir Savarrakhsh
      • Zahra Ahmadnia

    • PubMed: 39198792
    • DOI: 10.1186/s12944-024-02260-4

    17 Insights on

    • Reduced Diastolic Blood Pressure
    • Improved Insulin Sensitivity
    • Reduced Waist Circumference
    • Reduced Body Mass Index
    • Reduced Systolic Blood Pressure
    • Reduced Blood Pressure
    • Reduced Triglyceride Levels
    • Increased HDL Cholesterol Levels
    • Reduced LDL Cholesterol
    • Reduced Serum Triglycerides
    • Reduced Fasting Blood Glucose Levels
    • Reduced Total Cholesterol
    • Increased Total Serum Antioxidant Capacity
    • Increased High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol
    • Reduced Malondialdehyde
    • Reduced LDL Cholesterol Level
    • Increased Polyphenol Level

    • High evidence

  • "Do probiotics mitigate GI-induced inflammation and perceived fatigue in athletes? A systematic review".

    • 2024-08-28
    • Systematic Review · n = 513
    • Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition 21(1)
    • • R P Kearns
      • J S G Dooley
      • M Matthews
      • A M McNeilly

    • PubMed: 39193818
    • DOI: 10.1080/15502783.2024.2388085

    6 Insights on

    • Reduced Gastrointestinal Symptoms
    • Reduced Inflammatory Markers
    • Improved Exercise Performance
    • Improved Recovery Rate
    • Reduced Muscle Damage
    • Reduced Fatigue

    • High evidence
• August 29

  • Garlic and Hypertension: Efficacy, Mechanism of Action, and Clinical Implications.

    • 2024-08-29
    • Review
    • Nutrients 16(17)
    • • Christopher Sleiman
      • Rose-Mary Daou
      • Antonio Al Hazzouri
      • Zahi Hamdan
      • Hilda E Ghadieh
      • Bernard Harbieh
      • Maya Romani

    • PubMed: 39275211
    • DOI: 10.3390/nu16172895

    1 Insight on

    • Reduced Blood Pressure

    • Moderate evidence
    • Rigorous Journal

  • Oral supplementation with probiotics, potassium citrate, and magnesium in reducing crystalluria in stone formers: A phase II study.

    • 2024-08-29
    • Clinical Trial · n = 23
    • Urologia 91(4)
    • • Matteo Vittori
      • Pierluigi Bove
      • Marta Signoretti
      • Chiara Cipriani
      • Cristiano Gasparoli
      • Michele Antonucci
      • Marco Carilli
      • Francesco Maiorino
      • Valerio Iacovelli
      • Filomena Petta
      • Stefano Travaglia
      • Massimo Panei
      • Pierluigi Russo
      • Riccardo Bertolo

    • PubMed: 39206631
    • DOI: 10.1177/03915603241272146

    1 Insight on

    • Reduced Crystalluria

    • Moderate evidence

  • The effect of psyllium consumption on blood pressure: Systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

    • 2024-08-29
    • Review · n = 802
    • Food science & nutrition 12(10)
    • • Zeinab Gholami
      • Zamzam Paknahad

    • PubMed: 39479650
    • DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.3863

    2 Insights on

    • Reduced Diastolic Blood Pressure
    • Reduced Systolic Blood Pressure

    • High evidence

  • Probiotic bacteria of wild boar origin intended for piglets - An in vitro study.

    • 2024-08-29
    • Veterinarni medicina 69(8)
    • • Iveta Kostovova
      • Katerina Kavanova
      • Monika Moravkova
      • Jan Gebauer
      • Lenka Leva
      • Monika Vicenova
      • Vladimir Babak
      • Martin Faldyna
      • Magdalena Crhanova

    • PubMed: 39296628
    • DOI: 10.17221/35/2024-vetmed

    1 Insight on

    • Reduced Pathogen Growth

    • Low evidence
• August 30

  • Associations of different types of statins with the risk of open-angle glaucoma: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

    • 2024-08-30
    • Systematic Review · n = 217
    • Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie 263(1)
    • • Ssu-Yu Pan
      • Yun-Yu Chen
      • Min-Yen Hsu
      • Yi-Jing Sheen
      • Chien-Hsiang Weng
      • Yi-An Lu
      • I-Jong Wang
      • Mei-Hua Wu
      • Chien-Chih Chou
      • Chien-Chih Chou

    • PubMed: 39212799
    • DOI: 10.1007/s00417-024-06620-9

    1 Insight on

    • Reduced Glaucoma Onset Risk

    • High evidence
• August 31

  • Psychobiotic Properties of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum in Neurodegenerative Diseases.

    • 2024-08-31
    • Review
    • International journal of molecular sciences 25(17)
    • • Mariagiovanna Di Chiano
      • Fabio Sallustio
      • Daniela Fiocco
      • Maria Teresa Rocchetti
      • Giuseppe Spano
      • Paola Pontrelli
      • Antonio Moschetta
      • Loreto Gesualdo
      • Raffaella Maria Gadaleta
      • Anna Gallone

    • PubMed: 39273435
    • DOI: 10.3390/ijms25179489

    2 Insights on

    • Improved Gut-Brain Axis Homeostasis
    • Reduced Neurodegenerative Disease-Related Dysfunction

    • Moderate evidence
    • Rigorous Journal

  • Analysis of Metabolic Profiles and Antioxidant Activity of Chinese Cordyceps, Ophiocordyceps sinensis, and Paecilomyces hepiali Based on Untargeted Metabolomics.

    • 2024-08-31
    • Biology 13(9)
    • • Min He
      • Chu-Yu Tang
      • Tao Wang
      • Meng-Jun Xiao
      • Yu-Ling Li
      • Xiu-Zhang Li

    • PubMed: 39336110
    • DOI: 10.3390/biology13090683

    1 Insight on

    • Increased Antioxidant Activity

    • Low evidence

  • Evaluation of supplementary carnosine accumulation and distribution: an initial analysis of participants in the Nucleophilic Defense Against PM Toxicity (NEAT) clinical trial.

    • 2024-08-31
    • RCT
    • Amino acids 56(1)
    • • Shahid P Baba
      • Alok R Amraotkar
      • David Hoetker
      • Hong Gao
      • Daniel Gomes
      • Jingjing Zhao
      • Michael F Wempe
      • Peter J Rice
      • Andrew P DeFilippis
      • Shesh N Rai
      • C Arden Pope
      • Aruni Bhatnagar
      • Timothy E O'Toole

    • PubMed: 39215872
    • DOI: 10.1007/s00726-024-03414-5

    4 Insights on

    • Reduced Kidney Function
    • Reduced Liver Function
    • Reduced Cardiac Function
    • Reduced Electrolyte Level

    • High evidence
• Undated – 4 supplement studies

  • Positive effects of extracellular polysaccharides from Paecilomyces hepiali on immune-enhancing properties by regulating gut microbiota in cyclophosphamide-induced mice.

    • 2024-08
    • International journal of biological macromolecules 274
    • • Baoming Tian
      • Yuezhi Jiang
      • Renjian Liu
      • Yahya S Hamed
      • Ahmed M Rayan
      • Shenlu Xu
      • Peilong Sun
      • Kai Yang

    • PubMed: 38917915
    • DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.133390

    2 Insights on

    • Improved Gut Microbiota Composition
    • Improved Immune Function

    • Low evidence
    • Animal Study

  • Insights on the microbiology of Ethiopian fermented milk products: A review.

    • 2024-08
    • Review
    • Food science & nutrition 12(10)
    • • Tiruha H Karssa
      • Jamal B Kussaga
      • Teresa Semedo-Lemsaddek
      • Jovin K Mugula

    • PubMed: 39479617
    • DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.4372

    1 Insight on

    • Reduced Food Safety Risk

    • Low evidence

  • Combined Supplementation of Inulin and Bacillus coagulans Lactospore Demonstrates Synbiotic Potential in the Mucosal Simulator of the Human Intestinal Microbial Ecosystem (M-SHIME®) Model.

    • 2024-08
    • Journal of dietary supplements 21(6)
    • • Cindy Duysburgh
      • Deepapriya Velumani
      • Vandana Garg
      • Jacob Weng Yew Cheong
      • Massimo Marzorati

    • PubMed: 39087597
    • DOI: 10.1080/19390211.2024.2380262

    3 Insights on

    • Improved Gut Health
    • Increased Short-Chain Fatty Acid Production
    • Increased Beneficial Gut Bacteria

    • Low evidence

  • PPAR beta/gamma mediates the antihypertensive activity of a synbiotic preparation of Bifidobacterium lactis and Lactobacillus acidophilus in spontaneous hypertensive rats.

    • 2024-08
    • Heliyon 10(16)
    • • Ying Huang
      • Fang Wang
      • Wei Gong
      • Yufeng Chen

    • PubMed: 39247358
    • DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e36157

    1 Insight on

    • Reduced Blood Pressure

    • Low evidence