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Trial reportProbiotics and antimicrobial proteins2023

Effect of Bacillus coagulans Unique IS2 with Lactulose on Functional Constipation in Adults: a Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Study.

R Venkataraman, R Shenoy, J J Ahire, J Neelamraju, R S Madempudi

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Efficacy ofFrontiers in nutrition · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

R VenkataramanDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Sri Adichunchanagiri College of Pharmacy, Adichunchanagiri University, Mandya, Karnataka, 571448, India.ORCID 0000-0002-6218-9617
R ShenoyAdichunchanagiri Hospital and Research Centre, Adichunchanagiri University, Mandya, Karnataka, 571448, India.
J J AhireCentre for Research & Development, Unique Biotech Ltd, Plot No. 2, Phase-II, MN Park, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500078, India.ORCID 0000-0002-1142-8630
J NeelamrajuCentre for Research & Development, Unique Biotech Ltd, Plot No. 2, Phase-II, MN Park, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500078, India.ORCID 0000-0002-7336-488X
R S MadempudiCentre for Research & Development, Unique Biotech Ltd, Plot No. 2, Phase-II, MN Park, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500078, India. sudha@uniquebiotech.com.ORCID 0000-0003-1819-722X
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Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the present double-blind randomised study, the efficacy of combination of Bacillus coagulans Unique IS2 and lactulose was evaluated in the treatment of functional constipation in adults. One-fifty participants diagnosed with functional constipation (Rome III criteria) were randomised (1:1:1) and supplemented daily with 15 mL suspension of probiotic (B. coagulans Unique IS2, 2 × 10

Indexed as

Bacillus coagulansLactuloseAbdominal PainAdultConstipationDefecationHumansTreatment OutcomeLactuloseAbdominal painB. coagulans Unique IS2Bristol stool consistencyConstipationDefecation painLactulose

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PMID34599466
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