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ArticleFood & nutrition research2018

Muhammed Majeed, Kalyanam Nagabhushanam, Sivakumar Arumugam, Shaheen Majeed, Furqan Ali

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Article in Food & nutrition research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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84citing papers in PubMed, 12 pooled it
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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

84 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. Probiotics for the treatment of depression and its comorbidities: A systemic review.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023
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24 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

5 authors.

Muhammed MajeedSami Labs Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Kalyanam NagabhushanamSabinsa Corporation, East Windsor, NJ, USA.
Sivakumar ArumugamSami Labs Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Shaheen MajeedSabinsa Corporation, East Windsor, NJ, USA.
Furqan AliSami Labs Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe modification of microbial ecology in human gut by supplementing probiotics may be an alternative strategy to ameliorate or prevent depression.

objectiveThe current study was conducted to assess the safety and efficacy of the probiotic strain

methodPatients (

resultsSignificant change (

conclusion

Indexed as

B. coagulans MTCC 5856irritable bowel syndromeLactoSpore®major depressionprobiotic

Identifiers

PMID29997457
PMCPMC6034030

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