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Probiotic Lactobacillus casei Zhang (LCZ) alleviates respiratory, gastrointestinal & RBC abnormality via immuno-modulatory, anti-inflammatory & anti-oxidative actions
- Source :
- Journal of Functional Foods, Vol 44, Iss, Pp 235-245 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2018.
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Abstract
- This 12-months randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled study aimed at investigating the effects of Lactobacillus casei Zhang (LCZ; 9 log CFU daily) against upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) and gastrointestinal disorders in one hundred thirty-seven (n = 137) healthy adult and elderly Malaysians. LCZ alleviated URTI symptoms in adults, with reduced duration for nasal, pharyngeal, general flu and total respiratory illnesses symptoms compared to the placebo (P
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Gastrointestinal
medicine.medical_specialty
Lactobacillus casei
medicine.drug_class
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Upper respiratory
Placebo
Gastroenterology
Anti-inflammatory
law.invention
03 medical and health sciences
Probiotic
law
Internal medicine
Medicine
TX341-641
Respiratory system
030109 nutrition & dietetics
Nutrition and Dietetics
Respiratory tract infections
biology
Nutrition. Foods and food supply
business.industry
Immunity
biology.organism_classification
030104 developmental biology
RBC ABNORMALITY
Anti oxidative
Lactobacillus casei Zhang
business
Food Science
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17564646
- Volume :
- 44
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Functional Foods
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....480b1eb7b542ed9f6123e75d46e11927
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jff.2018.03.017