Clinical Studies
This Report Just Published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology: .A new double blind, placebo controlled study confirms: Probiotics are the Police!
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Other well-known clinical studies:
Theralac’s Clinically Proven Probiotic Strains – 6/01/2011 edition
Lactobacillus acidophilus LA-1 (also called NCFM) – > 10 billion CFU/capsule
Engelbrektson, A., Korzenik, J.R., Pittler, A., Sanders, M.E., Klaenhammer, T.R., Leyer, G. and Kitts, C.L. (2009). Probiotics to minimize the disruption of faecal microbiotia in healthy subjects undergoing antibiotic therapy. J. Medical Microbiology 58:663-670.
Ruiz-Palacios, G., Guerrero, M.L., Hilty, M., Dohnalek, M., Newton, P., Calva, J.J., Costigan, T., Tuz, F. and Artega, F. (1996). Feeding a probiotic for the prevention of community-aquired diarrhea in young Mexican children. Pediatric Research 39 (Part 2):104, Abstr.#1089.
Montes, R.G., Bayless, T.M., Saavedra, J.M. and Perman, J.A. (1995). Effect of milks inoculated with Lactobacillus acidophilus or a yogurt starter culture in lactose-maldigesting children. J. Dairy Sci.78:1657-1664.
Lactobacillus paracasei F-19 – 5 billion CFU/capsule
Engelbrektson, A.L., Korzenik, J.R., Sanders, M.E., Clement, B.G., Leyer, G., Klaenhammer, T.R. and Kitts, C.L. (2006). Analysis of treatment effects on the microbial ecology of the human intestine. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 57:239-250
Paineau, D., Carcano, D., Leyer, G., Darquy, S., Alyanakian, M.A., Simoneau, G., Bergmann, J.F., Brassart, D., Bornet, F. and Ouwehand, A.C. (2008). Effects of seven potential probiotic strains on specific immune responses in healthy adults: a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial. FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology 53(1):107-113
Roessler, A. (nee Klein), Friedrich, U., Vogelsang, H., Bauer, A., Kaatz, M.,Hipler, U.C., Schmidt, I. and Jahreis, G. (2007). The immune system in healthy adults and patients with atopic dermatitis seems to be affected differently by a probiotic intervention. Clinical and Experimental Allergy 38:93-102.
Bifidobacterium lactis BL-34 (also called Bl-04) – > 10 billion CFU/capsule
Engelbrektson, A., Korzenik, J.R., Pittler, A., Sanders, M.E., Klaenhammer, T.R., Leyer, G. and Kitts, C.L. (2009). Probiotics to minimize the disruption of faecal microbiotia in healthy subjects undergoing antibiotic therapy. J. Medical Microbiology 58:663-670.
Bartosch, S., Woodmansey, E.J., Paterson, J.C.M., McMurdo, M.E.T. and Macfarlane, G.T. (2005). Microbiological effects of consuming a symbiotic containing Bifidobacterium bifidum, bifidobacterium lactis, and oligofructose in elderly persons, determined by real-time polymerase chain reaction and counting of viable bacteria. Clinical Infect. Diseases. 40:28-37.
Lammers, K.M., Brigidi, P., Vitali, B., Gionchetti, P., Rizello, F., Caramelli, E., Matteuzzi, D. and Campieri, M. (2003). Immunomodulatory effects of probiotic bacteria DNA:IL-1 and IL-10 response in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology 38:165-172. (BL-34 up-regulates Th-2 or humoral immunity.)
Bifidobacterium lactis Bi-07 – > 3 billion CFU/capsule
Engelbrektson, A., Korzenik, J.R., Pittler, A., Sanders, M.E., Klaenhammer, T.R., Leyer, G. and Kitts, C.L. (2009). Probiotics to minimize the disruption of faecal microbiotia in healthy subjects undergoing antibiotic therapy. J. Medical Microbiology 58:663-670.
Ruiz-Palacios, G.F., Guerrero, M., Hilty, M., Dohnalek, P., Newton, P., Calva, J.J., Tostigan, T., Tuz, F. and Arteaga, M.L. (1999). Feeding of a probiotic for the prevention of community acquired diarrhea in young Mexican children. Pediatr. Res. 39(2):104 (abstr).
Lactobacillus rhamnosus strain LR-32 (also called LR-44) – >2 Billion CFU/ capsule
Foligne, B., Nutten, S., Grangette, C., Dennin, V., Goudercourt, D., Poiret, S., Dewulf, J., Brassart, D., Mercenier, A. and Pot, B. (2007). Correlation between in vitro and in vivo immunomodulatory properties of lactic acid bacteria. World Journal of Gastroenterology. 13(2):236-243.
Foligne, B., Zoumpopoulou, G., Dewulf, J., Ben Younes, A., Chareyre, F., Sirard, J.-C., Pot, B. and Grangette, C. (2007). A Key Role of Dendritic Cells in Probiotic Functionality. PloS ONE 2(3):e313. doi:10.137l/journal.pone.0000313.