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AssigneeUniversity of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsGraciela Liliana Lorca, Claudio Gonzalez
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The subject invention provides compositions for promoting good health. Specifically, the subject composition can be used for alleviating symptoms of indigestion, abdominal pain, and cephalic syndrome, including in healthy subjects. In preferred embodiments, the compositions comprise an effective amount of one or more Lactobacillus isolates. Preferably, the bacteria used as an active ingredient in the compositions of the subject invention are of the L. johnsonii N6.2 strain. The subject invention also provides methods for alleviating symptoms of indigestion, abdominal pain, and cephalic syndrome. These methods comprise the administration of a composition of the subject invention, wherein the composition preferably comprises an effective amount of one or more Lactobacillus isolates. Even more preferably, the subject method utilizes an effective amount of L. johnsonii N6.2.
A method for alleviating symptoms of indigestion or abdominal pain in a human subject, comprising administering to the subject a composition comprising an effective amount of Lactobacillus johnsonii N6.2, wherein the effective amount is such to increase tryptophan levels and/or decrease kynurenine:tryptophan (K:T) ratio in the subject, wherein the effective amount administered comprises a daily dose of at least about 108 CFU of Lactobacillus johnsonii N6.2;
A method for alleviating headaches in a subject, comprising administering to the subject a composition comprising an effective amount of Lactobacillus johnsonii N6.2, wherein the effective amount administered is a dose that comprises at least about 108 CFU of Lactobacillus johnsonii N6.2;
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