Effect of Bacillus subtilis C-3102 on loose stools in healthy volunteers

Beneficial Microbes

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 357-365

  Hatanaka, M ^a   Yamamoto, K ^b   Suzuki, N ^b   Iio, S ^b   Takara, T ^c   Morita, H ^a   Takimoto, T ^a   Nakamura, T ^a  

^a Asahi Soft Drinks Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b 2F Sumitomo Fudosan Korakuen Bldg   (Japan)

^c Medical Corporation Seishinkai   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; C 3102; Loose stools; Microbiota

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT;

ACTINOMYCES; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BRISTOL STOOL SCALE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE SOUND; LACHNOSPIRACEAE; LOOSE FECES; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARALLEL DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TABLET;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIDIARRHEALS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; PLACEBOS; PROBIOTICS; TABLETS;

EID: 85046778166     PISSN: 18762883     EISSN: 18762891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/bm2017.0103     Document Type: Article

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