A. Hiraku

R&D Division, Food Ingredients and Technology Institute, Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd., Zama, Japan

Health Outcomes Studied

• Increased Fecal Acetate Levels
• Increased Fecal Secretory IgA Levels
• Increased Serum Immunoglobulin A (IgA) Levels
• Reduced Faecal pH

Papers (3)

• 2023Primary author
  Early Probiotic Supplementation of Healthy Term Infants with Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis M-63 Is Safe and Leads to the Development of Bifidobacterium-Predominant Gut Microbiota: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial10.3390/nu15061402
• 2023
  Heat-killed Lactobacillus helveticus improves mood states: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.10.3920/BM2022.0048
• 2020
  Maternal supplementation with Bifidobacterium breve M-16V prevents their offspring from allergic airway inflammation accelerated by the prenatal exposure to an air pollutant aerosol10.1371/journal.pone.0238923