Healthy
Conditions
Interventions
Subjects drink 100 mL/day of Lactobacillus plantarum SN13T-fermented beverage for 4 weeks.
Subjects drink 100 mL/day of placebo beverage for 4 weeks.
Sponsors
Hiroshima University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Healthy 2) Defecation frequency <=3 times/week 3) Willing to provide written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Taking medicines for chronic disease 2) Taking medicines or functional food that may affect the trial 3) Participation in any clinical trial within 90 days of the commencement of the trial 4) In pregnancy or nursing a child 5) Judged as ineligible by clinical investigators
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 4-week change in defecation frequency | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 4-week changes in fetal microbiota, questionnaire about bowel movement (abdominal pain, feeling of incomplete evacuation, form, volume, and odor), serum AST, ALT, and r-GTP | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactFumiko Higashikawa
Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University Department of Probiotic Science for Preventive Medicine
Outcome results
None listed