Probiotics: Elixir or empty promise?
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Some systematic reviews and meta-analyses have supported that specific probiotic strains may be effective in certain areas.
“While there is limited evidence around many probiotics, some systematic reviews and meta-analyses have supported that specific strains may be effective in certain areas [43,44,45,46].”
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- Authors
- Hepatology, T. L. G. &.
- Corresponding author
- The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology
- Venue
- The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-02
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 81
- ISSN
- 2468-1156 (ISSN-L)
- 2468-1253
- OpenAlex
- W4233099606
- Cited by
- 21
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 3
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Probiotics and Fermented Foods
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Keywords
- probiotics, gut microbiota, microbiome, commercial probiotics, obesity, Parkinson's disease, depression, probiotic market
- MeSH terms
- Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation, Clinical Trials as Topic, Gastroenteritis, Humans, North America, Probiotics, Gastrointestinal Tract, Lactobacillus helveticus, Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus
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