Dietary Supplementation with a Combination of Lactoferrin, Fish Oil, and Enterococcus faecium WB2000 for Treating Dry Eye: A Rat Model and Human Clinical Study

• Published in: The ocular surface Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 255 - 263
• Main Authors: Kawashima, Motoko, Nakamura, Shigeru, Izuta, Yusuke, Inoue, Sachiko, Tsubota, Kazuo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2016
• Subjects: Adult; Animals; Dietary Supplements; Double-Blind Method; dry eye; Dry Eye Syndromes; Enterococcus faecium; Fish Oils; Humans; Lactoferrin; Middle Aged; Ophthalmology; Prospective Studies; Rats; Schirmer test; Tears; Young Adult; dietary supplements; tears; dry eye; Schirmer test

To examine the effect of a combined dietary supplement containing fish oil, lactoferrin, zinc, vitamin C, lutein, vitamin E, γ-aminobutanoic acid, and Enterococcus faecium WB2000 on dry eye. A preliminary study in a rat model and a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in h...