Journal des troubles alimentaires et nutritionnels

Probiotics and its Effect on Slow Colonic Transit

Arthur Ouwehand, Sofia Forssten, Charlotte Nexmann Larsen and Siegbert Philipp

Probiotics and its Effect on Slow Colonic Transit

Slow colonic transit is a common disorder that is a contributing factor to various diseases. Most notably, it is associated with constipation and thereby affects quality of life. Various physiological factors affect colonic transit and may be influenced by microbes in general and probiotics in particular.