ReviewFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Kefir and Its Biological Activities.
Review in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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84 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The Effect of Kefir Consumption on Blood Pressure and C-Reactive Protein: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials.Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism · 2025Pooled it
- The anti-inflammatory effects of three different dietary supplement interventions.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Trial
- The effect of probiotic-fortified kefir on depression, appetite, oxidative stress, and inflammatory parameters in Iranian overweight and obese elderly: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Trial
- Kefir Mitigates Testicular Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Alterations Induced by High-fructose Corn Syrup in Juvenile Wistar Rats.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2026Article
- Gentamicin-Loaded Electrospun PVA/Kefiran/Schizophyllan Membrane for Skin Tissue Engineering Applications.Polymers · 2026Article
- Kefir and Its By-Products Supplementation Reduces Inflammation and Oxidative Stress, Improves Intestinal Barrier Integrity, and Modulates the Gut Microbiota in Animal Models of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2026Review
- Fortification of Water Kefir with Gallic Acid: Physicochemical Effects and Antioxidant Capacity in an In Vitro Digestion Model.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Breast Cancer in Relation to Dairy Product Consumption: A Review of Current Findings and Potential Mechanisms.Current nutrition reports · 2026Review
- Kefir Consumption and Health Effects Based on Human Clinical Trials: An Overview of Literature.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Dual Osteoprotective Actions of the Kefir Peptide KFP-1: Enhancement of Bone Formation and Suppression of Bone Resorption in Cells and Murine Models.Calcified tissue international · 2026Article
- Potential use of whey in kefir production: evaluation of fermentation kinetics and microbiota.Food science of animal resources · 2026Article
- Determination of the Antimicrobial Effects of Synbiotic Kefir Produced from Buffalo Milk Enriched with Galactooligosaccharides and Inulin.ACS omega · 2026Article
- Milk Kefir Beverage Improves Histomorphometry, Reduces Inflammatory Infiltrates and Desulfovibrio and Increases Lactobacillus in IL-10Journal of food science · 2026Article
- Fermented Plant-Based Foods and Postbiotics for Glycemic Control-Microbial Biotransformation of Phytochemicals.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Probiotic Kefir Improves Renal Disorders in Ovariectomized Female SHR with High Fructose Intake-Induced Metabolic Syndrome.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2026Article
- Functional fermented dairy products: a review of mechanisms, health potential, and technological challenges.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Hepatoprotective, Antioxidant, and Anti-Hyperlipidemic Effects of Kefir Milk in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity: Insights from Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Profiling, Molecular Docking of Kefiran, and Liver Function Restoration.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- High-Salt Diets, Intestinal Barrier, and Hypertension: A Mechanistic Review and the Promise of Dietary Therapy.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Bacillus velezensis Bac-9, isolated from kefir, possesses antifungal activity and improves resistance of tomato plant against whitefly Bemisia tabaci.BMC microbiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Kefir is a fermented beverage with renowned probiotics that coexist in symbiotic association with other microorganisms in kefir grains. This beverage consumption is associated with a wide array of nutraceutical benefits, including anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, anti-cancer, anti-microbial, anti-diabetic, anti-hypertensive, and anti-hypercholesterolemic effects. Moreover, kefir can be adapted into different substrates which allow the production of new functional beverages to provide product diversification. Being safe and inexpensive, there is an immense global interest in kefir's nutritional potential. Due to their promising benefits, kefir and kefir-like products have a great prospect for commercialization. This manuscript reviews the therapeutic aspects of kefir to date, and potential applications of kefir products in the health and food industries, along with the limitations. The literature reviewed here demonstrates that there is a growing demand for kefir as a functional food owing to a number of health-promoting properties.
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