Probiotic Beverage Containing Lactobacillus casei Shirota Improves Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Patients with Chronic Constipation

Corinna Koebnick; Irmtrud Wagner; Peter Leitzmann; Udo Stern; HJ Franz Zunft

doi:10.1155/2003/654907

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2003)

Probiotic Beverage Containing Lactobacillus casei Shirota Improves Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Patients with Chronic Constipation

Corinna Koebnick,
Irmtrud Wagner,
Peter Leitzmann,
Udo Stern,
HJ Franz Zunft

Affiliations

Corinna Koebnick: German Institute of Human Nutrition, Department of Intervention Studies, Bergholz-Rehbrücke, Germany
Irmtrud Wagner: Yakult Deutschland GmbH, Neuss, Germany
Peter Leitzmann: Institute of Nutritional Science, University of Giessen, Germany
Udo Stern: Büdingen, Germany
HJ Franz Zunft: German Institute of Human Nutrition, Department of Intervention Studies, Bergholz-Rehbrücke, Germany

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2003/654907
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 11
pp. 655 – 659

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of a probiotic beverage on gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with chronic constipation.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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