Effects of a spore-forming probiotic blend on bowel habits and physical well-being in adults with functional constipation: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

• Hyung Gyu Park ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hyung Gyu Park, Han Bin Lee

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Medical Nutrition, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea, Research Institute of Medical Nutrition, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8764-6178

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• Han Bin Lee ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hyung Gyu Park, Han Bin Lee

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation ILDONG Bioscience, Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1885-6128

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• Minjee Lee,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation ILDONG Bioscience, Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

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• Haeseong Park,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation ILDONG Bioscience, Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

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• Minji Kang,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Medical Nutrition, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea, Research Institute of Medical Nutrition, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Minkyung Bok,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Medical Nutrition, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea, Research Institute of Medical Nutrition, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Yeongtaek Hwang,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Medical Nutrition, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea, Research Institute of Medical Nutrition, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Kyuho Jeong,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation ILDONG Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Hwaseong, Republic of Korea

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• Sungho Maeng,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Gerontology (AgeTech-Service Convergence Major), Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea

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• Hyunjung Lim ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hjlim@khu.ac.kr (HL); moonjs@ildong.com (JSM)

  Affiliations Department of Medical Nutrition, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea, Research Institute of Medical Nutrition, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7632-7315

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• Jin Seok Moon

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hjlim@khu.ac.kr (HL); moonjs@ildong.com (JSM)

  Affiliation ILDONG Bioscience, Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0375-7175

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