BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS SUBSP. LACTIS FOR USE IN DECREASING ABDOMINAL PAIN IN A POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMAN

The present invention is based upon the findings of two large clinical studies to determine the efficacy of daily consumption of the probiotic strain Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis deposited as DSM 15954 for 4 weeks on abdominal pain in postmenopausal women. Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. l...

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Hauptverfasser: MORBERG Cathrine Melsaether, MICHELSEN Birgit, ESKESEN Dorte, JESPERSEN Lillian
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention is based upon the findings of two large clinical studies to determine the efficacy of daily consumption of the probiotic strain Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis deposited as DSM 15954 for 4 weeks on abdominal pain in postmenopausal women. Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis significantly reduced abdominal pain. Accordingly, the present invention relates to a probiotic product comprising Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis for use in reducing abdominal pain in a postmenopausal woman. The invention further relates to a method for reducing abdominal pain in a postmenopausal woman, the method comprising administering a probiotic product comprising Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis to the postmenopausal woman.