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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2018

Safety Evaluations of

Min Jeong Kim, Seockmo Ku, Sun Young Kim, Hyun Ha Lee, Hui Jin, Sini Kang, Rui Li, Tony V Johnston, Myeong Soo Park, Geun Eog Ji

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
70citing papers in PubMed
11.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

70 citing papers in PubMed, 135 citations in OpenAlex.

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10 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Min Jeong KimResearch Center, BIFIDO Co., Ltd., Hongcheon 25117, Korea. minjeong.kim@bifido.com.
Seockmo KuFermentation Science Program, School of Agribusiness and Agriscience, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, USA. seockmo.ku@mtsu.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2661-5073
Sun Young KimResearch Center, BIFIDO Co., Ltd., Hongcheon 25117, Korea. kimwho0222@daum.net.
Hyun Ha LeeResearch Center, BIFIDO Co., Ltd., Hongcheon 25117, Korea. hyunha_92@daum.net.
Hui JinDepartment of Food and Nutrition, College of Human Ecology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea. jh1030@snu.ac.kr.
Sini KangDepartment of Food and Nutrition, College of Human Ecology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea. kangsini89@naver.com.
Rui LiDepartment of Food and Nutrition, College of Human Ecology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea. iouljt@snu.ac.kr.
Tony V JohnstonFermentation Science Program, School of Agribusiness and Agriscience, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, USA. tony.johnston@mtsu.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-9553-3971
Myeong Soo ParkDepartment of Hotel Culinary Arts, Yeonsung University, Anyang 14001, Korea. mspark@yeonsung.ac.kr.
Geun Eog JiResearch Center, BIFIDO Co., Ltd., Hongcheon 25117, Korea. geji@snu.ac.kr.
Seoul National University · KRMiddle Tennessee State University · USYeonsung University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past decade, a variety of lactic acid bacteria have been commercially available to and steadily used by consumers. However, recent studies have shown that some lactic acid bacteria produce toxic substances and display properties of virulence. To establish safety guidelines for lactic acid bacteria, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)/World Health Organization (WHO) has suggested that lactic acid bacteria be characterized and proven safe for consumers’ health via multiple experiments (e.g., antibiotic resistance, metabolic activity, toxin production, hemolytic activity, infectivity in immune-compromised animal species, human side effects, and adverse-outcome analyses). Among the lactic acid bacteria,

Indexed as

AmmoniaAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBifidobacterium bifidumBifidobacterium longumBiogenic AminesDrug Resistance, MicrobialHemolysisHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsVirulence FactorsAmmoniaAnti-Bacterial AgentsBiogenic AminesVirulence Factorsantibiotics resistancefunctional foodsnutraceuticalsprobioticssafety

Identifiers

PMID29747442
PMCPMC5983828
OpenAlexW2799380720

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