Lactobacillus gasseri
Background
Lactobacillus gasseri is a species of bacteria that is marketed as a probiotic ("good" bacteria).
"Good" bacteria such as L. gasseri might help the body break down food, absorb nutrients, and fight off "bad" organisms that might cause diseases. These bacteria are sometimes added to fermented foods like yogurt and also found in dietary supplements.
L. gasseri is used for many different purposes, but there is no good scientific evidence to support its use.
"Good" bacteria such as L. gasseri might help the body break down food, absorb nutrients, and fight off "bad" organisms that might cause diseases. These bacteria are sometimes added to fermented foods like yogurt and also found in dietary supplements.
L. gasseri is used for many different purposes, but there is no good scientific evidence to support its use.
Safety Safety definitions
When taken by mouth: Probiotics similar to Lactobacillus gasseri are possibly safe for most people when taken by mouth.
Children: There isn't enough reliable information to know if Lactobacillus gasseri is safe for children, including very small premature infants.
Special Precautions & Warnings:
Pregnancy and breast-feeding: There isn't enough reliable information to know if Lactobacillus gasseri is safe to use when pregnant or breast-feeding. Stay on the safe side and avoid use.Children: There isn't enough reliable information to know if Lactobacillus gasseri is safe for children, including very small premature infants.
Effectiveness
Effective Effectiveness definitions
There is interest in using Lactobacillus gasseri for a number of purposes, but there isn't enough reliable information to say whether it might be helpful.
Dosing & administration
There isn't enough reliable information to know what an appropriate dose of Lactobacillus gasseri might be. Keep in mind that natural products are not always necessarily safe and dosages can be important. Be sure to follow relevant directions on product labels and consult a healthcare professional before using.
Interactions with pharmaceuticals
Antibiotic drugs
Interaction Rating=Moderate Be cautious with this combination.
Lactobacillus gasseri is a type of friendly bacteria. Antibiotics are used to reduce harmful bacteria in the body. Taking antibiotics along with L. gasseri can reduce the effects of L. gasseri. To avoid this interaction, take L. gasseri products at least 2 hours before or after antibiotics.
Interactions with herbs & supplements
There are no known interactions with herbs and supplements.
Interactions with foods
There are no known interactions with foods.
Products
View all productsPer 5 g:
- Lactobacillus gasseri (LG-36) 15 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus paracasei (LPC-37) 50 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium bifidum (BB-06) 5 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis (BI-04) 220 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis (HN019) 35 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium longum (BL-05) 5 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus acidophilus (LA-14) 50 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus brevis (LBR-35) 15 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus casei (LC-11) 10 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus plantarum (LP-115) 30 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus rhamnosus (HN001) 10 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus rhamnosus (LR-32) 5 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus salivarius (LS-33) 40 billion CFU
- Streptococcus thermophilus (ST-21) 10 billion CFU
Practitioner product
Per capsule:
- Lactobacillus gasseri (LG-36) 15 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus acidophilus (CUL 21 + CUL 60) 20 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis (CUL 34) 6.55 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium bifidum (CUL 20) 345 million CFU
- Lactobacillus rhamnosus (CUL 63) 15.55 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus casei (CUL 06) 9.45 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus plantarum (CUL 66) 3.15 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus fermentum (CUL 67) 1.35 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium breve (CUL 69) 1.35 billion CFU
- Streptococcus thermophilus (CUL 68) 2.25 billion CFU
Practitioner product
Per capsule:
- Lactobacillus gasseri (CCFM1201) 3 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (ATCC 53103) 10 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus plantarum (CCFM1143) 4 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis (BL-12) (ATCC 27536) 5 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus casei (CCFM1073) 2 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus plantarum (CCFM8610) 2 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus reuteri (CCFM1040) 1 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium breve (CCFM1025) 1 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium infantis (CCFM687) 1 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium longum (CCFM1029) 1 billion CFU
Practitioner product
Per capsule:
- Lactobacillus gasseri (LG-36) 2.7 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG 60 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis (HN019) 8.1 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium breve (M-16V) 2.7 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium longum (BB536) 900 million CFU
- Lactobacillus casei (LC-11) 18.9 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus acidophilus (LA-14) 14.8 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus plantarum (LP-115) 6.3 billion CFU
Practitioner product
Per 6 g (Orange):
- Lactobacillus gasseri 2 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus plantarum 2 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium breve 2 billion CFU
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae (boulardii) (SB) 2 billion CFU
- Sodium chloride (Salt) 537.9 mg equiv. sodium 211.4 mg equiv. chloride 326.2 mg
- Potassium citrate 453 mg equiv. potassium 164 mg equiv. citrate 263.9 mg
- Glucose anhydrous 2.977 g
- Citric acid anhydrous 898.2 mg
- Zinc gluconate 7 mg equiv. zinc 1 mg
Practitioner product
Per capsule:
- Lactobacillus gasseri (LG-36) 2 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG 20 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus casei (LC 03) 8 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus acidophilus (LA-14) 7 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus plantarum (LP01) 5 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis (BB-12) 5 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium breve (BB-23) 2 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium longum (BL-05) 1 million CFU
Practitioner product
Practitioner product
Per capsule:
- Lactobacillus gasseri (LG-36) 1.5 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus plantarum (LP-115) 8 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus casei (LC-11) 5 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis (BI-04) 3 billion CFU
- Streptococcus thermophilus (ST-21) 1 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus paracasei (LPC-37) 6 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus acidophilus (LA-14) 3 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus rhamnosus (LR-32) 1.5 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium longum (BL-05) 500 million CFU
- Bifidobacterium breve (BB-18) 1 billion CFU
Practitioner product
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Per capsule:
- Lactobacillus gasseri 0.75 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus plantarum 0.75 billion CFU
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae (SB) 50 mg equiv. bakers yeast beta glucan 250 mg
- L-glutamic acid 15 mg
- Glutamic acid hydrochloride 15 mg
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae (boulardii) (SB) 17 mg
- Yeast 8.33 mg equiv. chromium 16.66 µg
- Yeast 10.42 mg equiv. molybdenum 20.8 µg
- Cichorium intybus powder 40 mg
- Ganoderma lucidum powder 92.5 mg
- Polyporus umbellatus powder 16.67 mg
- Grifola frondosa powder 66.67 mg
- Cordyceps sinensis powder 55 mg
- Lentinula edodes powder 55 mg
- Iberis amara ext. 36.6 mg
- Arthrospira platensis (Spirulina) 30 mg
Practitioner product
Per capsule:
- Lactobacillus gasseri 0.67 billion CFU
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae (SB) 11.9 mg equiv. bakers yeast beta glucan 59.5 mg
- Bifidobacterium longum ssp. infantis 1.33 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus acidophilus 1.33 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus casei 1.33 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus paracasei 1.33 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus plantarum 1.33 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus reuteri 0.67 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus rhamnosus 0.67 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus salivarius 0.67 billion CFU
- Streptococcus thermophilus 0.67 billion CFU
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae (boulardii) (SB) 8.33 mg
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Brewer’s yeast) 8.33 mg
- Ganoderma lucidum powder 83.33 mg
- Yeast 8.33 mg equiv. chromium 16.67 µg
- Yeast 10.41 mg equiv. molybdenum 20.8 µg
- Yeast 24.6 mg equiv. selenium 49 µg
- Colostrum - bovine 33.3 mg
- L-glutamic acid 33.3 mg
- Glutamic acid hydrochloride 33.3 mg
- Iberis amara ext. 33.3 mg
- Yucca gloriosa ext. 33.34 mg
Practitioner product
Per capsule:
- Lactobacillus gasseri 0.67 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus plantarum 0.67 billion CFU
- L-glutamic acid 16.67 mg
- Glutamic acid hydrochloride 16.67 mg
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae (SB) 47.62 mg equiv. bakers yeast beta glucan 232 mg
- Cichorium intybus powder 44.44 mg
- Ganoderma lucidum powder 83.33 mg
- Polyporus umbellatus powder 16.67 mg
- Grifola frondosa powder 66.67 mg
- Cordyceps sinensis powder 50 mg
- Lentinula edodes powder 50 mg
- Arthrospira platensis (Spirulina) 33.33 mg
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae (boulardii) (SB) 16.67 mg
- Yeast 8.33 mg equiv. chromium 16.66 µg
- Yeast 10.42 mg equiv. molybdenum 20.83 µg
- Iberis amara ext. 33.3 mg
Practitioner product
Per capsule:
- Lactobacillus gasseri 0.25 billion CFU
- L-glutamic acid 25 mg
- Glutamic acid hydrochloride 25 mg
- Echinacea angustifolia ext. 25 mg
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae (SB) 35.72 mg equiv. bakers yeast beta glucan 178.6 mg
- Cichorium intybus powder 33.19 mg
- Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis 0.5 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium bifidum 0.5 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium infantis 0.5 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus acidophilus 0.5 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus brevis 0.25 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus casei 0.25 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus 0.25 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus fermentum 0.25 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus helveticus 0.25 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus paracasei 0.5 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus plantarum 0.25 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus reuteri 0.25 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus rhamnosus 0.25 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus salivarius 0.25 billion CFU
- Lipase 600 LipU
- Polyporus umbellatus powder 50 mg
- Grifola frondosa powder 50 mg
- Cordyceps sinensis powder 50 mg
- Ganoderma lucidum powder 25 mg
- Poria cocos ext. 25 mg
- Arthrospira platensis (Spirulina) 55 mg
- Yeast 25 mg equiv. selenium 50 µg
- Iberis amara ext. 50 mg
- Apple pectin 25 mg
- Yucca gloriosa ext. 25 mg
Practitioner product
Per capsule:
- Lactobacillus gasseri (LG-36) 100 million CFU
- Lactobacillus rhamnosus (HN001) 5 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis (BI-04) 3 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus acidophilus (LA-14) 5 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus casei (LC-11) 500 million CFU
- Lactobacillus plantarum (LP-115) 5 billion CFU
- Streptococcus thermophilus (ST-21) 500 million CFU
- Bifidobacterium longum (BL-05) 3 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium breve (BB-18) 2 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus salivarius (LS-33) 400 million CFU
- Bifidobacterium infantis (BI-26) 400 million CFU
- Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus (LB-87) lactis 100 million CFU
Practitioner product
Per 3 g:
- Lactobacillus gasseri (LG-36) 100 million CFU
- Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG 10 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis (HN019) 2 billion CFU
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae (boulardii) (SB) 2.5 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium lactis (BL-04) 2 billion CFU
- Actinidia chinensis powder 555 mg
- Lactobacillus plantarum (LP-115) 1.5 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus paracasei (LPC-37) 1 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus acidophilus (LA-14) 1 billion CFU
- Lactobacillus casei (LC-11) 900 million CFU
- Streptococcus thermophilus (ST-21) 600 million
- Bifidobacterium infantis (BI-26) 300 million CFU
- Bifidobacterium bifidum (BB-06) 200 million CFU
- Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus (LB-87) lactis 200 million CFU
- Lactobacillus brevis (LBR-35) 200 million CFU
- Lactobacillus salivarius (LS-33) 200 million CFU
- Bifidobacterium breve (BB-18) 200 million CFU
- Bifidobacterium longum (BL-05) 200 million CFU
- Lactobacillus reuteri (KP-1E1) 100 million CFU
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Per capsule:
- Lactobacillus gasseri (LG-36) 33.3 million CFU
- Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG 3.33 billion CFU
- Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis (HN019) 667 million CFU
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae (boulardii) (SB) 833.3 million CFU
- Bifidobacterium lactis (BL-04) 667 million CFU
- Actinidia chinensis powder 185 mg
- Lactobacillus plantarum (LP-115) 500 million CFU
- Lactobacillus paracasei (LPC-37) 333.3 million CFU
- Lactobacillus acidophilus (LA-14) 333.3 million CFU
- Lactobacillus casei (LC-11) 300 million CFU
- Streptococcus thermophilus (ST-21) 200 million CFU
- Bifidobacterium infantis (BI-26) 100 million CFU
- Bifidobacterium bifidum (BB-06) 66.7 million CFU
- Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus (LB-87) lactis 66.7 million CFU
- Lactobacillus brevis (LBR-35) 66.7 million CFU
- Lactobacillus salivarius (LS-33) 66.7 million CFU
- Bifidobacterium breve (BB-18) 66.7 million CFU
- Bifidobacterium longum (BL-05) 66.7 million CFU
- Lactobacillus reuteri (KP-1E1) 33.3 million CFU
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Per 7 g (Kiwi):
- Lactobacillus gasseri 1.4 trillion CFU
- L-glutamine
- Actinidia deliciosa 602 mg
- Actinidia chinensis 602 mg
- Total Unique IS2™
- Bacillus coagulans (MTCC 5260) 175 billion CFU
- Taurine
- Citric acid anhydrous
- Magnesium citrate
- Natural kiwi flavour
- Natural lemon lime flavour
- Bacillus coagulans (MTCC 5260)
- Spinacia oleracea (Spinach)
- Lactobacillus rhamnosus 1.4 trillion CFU
- Stevia rebaubiana
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Per 0.35 g:
- Lactobacillus gasseri
- Lactobacillus rhamnosus
- Bifidobacterium longum
- Bifidobacterium bifidum
- Lactobacillus acidophilus
- Lactobacillus casei
- Lactobacillus acidophilus (DDS-1)
- Larix occidentalis (arabinogalactan) (Larch)
- Cichorium intybus (root) (Chicory)
- Lactobacillus fermentum
- Ulmus rubra (bark inner) powder
- Plantago ovata (husk) (Psyllium)
- Pediococcus acidilactici
- Bifidobacterium infantis
- Streptococcus thermophilus
- Lactobacillus plantarum
- Lactobacillus bulgaricus
- Lactobacillus salivarius
- Entero-coccus faecium
- Bacillus subtilis
- Apple pectin
- Lactobacillus sporogenes
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