Pediatric Department, Hospital "F. Del Ponte", University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy.
Pediatric Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Nutrients. 2024 Jan 25;16(3):349. doi: 10.3390/nu16030349.
Different nutraceuticals are often considered by parents of infants and children with abdominal pain and disorders of the gut-brain interaction. Herb extracts and natural compounds have long been used in traditional medicine, but clinical pediatric trials are very limited. This narrative review based on relevant studies identified through a search of the literature in Pubmed and Medline updated to October 2023 focused on the effect of nutraceuticals in infantile colic, functional abdominal pain, and irritable bowel syndrome in children and adolescents. Significant reductions in colic episodes and crying time were reported in two studies on fennel (seeds oil or tea), in three studies on different multiple herbal extracts (all including fennel), in one study on , and in at least two double-blind randomized controlled studies on DSM 17938 and BB-12 (10 CFU/day for at least 21 days) in breast-fed infants. Compared to a placebo, in children with functional abdominal pain or irritable bowel syndrome, a significant reduction in pain was reported in two studies supplementing peppermint oil capsules or psyllium fibers, and in one study on corn fiber cookies, partial hydrolyzed guar gum, a specific multiple herbal extract (STW-5), or vitamin D supplementation. To date, there is moderate-certainty evidence with a weak grade of recommendation on DSM 17938 (10 CFU/day) in reducing pain intensity in children with functional abdominal pain and for GG (1-3 × 10 CFU twice daily) in reducing pain frequency and intensity in children with IBS. Further large and well-designed pediatric studies are needed to prove the efficacy and safety of different herbal extracts and prolonged use of studied products in infants and children with pain disorders of the gut-brain interaction.
不同的营养保健品经常被婴儿和儿童的父母考虑用于治疗腹痛和胃肠道-大脑相互作用紊乱。草药提取物和天然化合物在传统医学中应用已久,但针对儿科的临床研究非常有限。本综述基于文献检索,在 Pubmed 和 Medline 中检索到相关研究,内容集中于营养保健品对婴幼儿绞痛、功能性腹痛和青少年肠易激综合征的作用,检索时间截至 2023 年 10 月。两项关于茴香(籽油或茶)的研究报告绞痛发作和哭泣时间显著减少,三项关于不同的多种草药提取物(均包括茴香)的研究、一项关于的研究以及至少两项关于 DSM 17938 和 BB-12(每天 10 CFU,至少 21 天)的双盲随机对照研究在母乳喂养婴儿中均报告了显著减少绞痛发作和哭泣时间。与安慰剂相比,在功能性腹痛或肠易激综合征儿童中,两项关于薄荷油胶囊或车前子纤维补充的研究、一项关于玉米纤维饼干、部分水解瓜尔胶、特定的多种草药提取物(STW-5)或维生素 D 补充的研究报告疼痛显著减轻。迄今为止,有中等确定性证据,弱推荐等级,提示 DSM 17938(每天 10 CFU)可降低功能性腹痛儿童的疼痛强度,GG(每天 1-3×10 CFU 两次)可降低 IBS 儿童的疼痛频率和强度。需要进一步开展大型和精心设计的儿科研究,以证明不同草药提取物的疗效和安全性,以及研究产品在患有胃肠道-大脑相互作用疼痛障碍的婴儿和儿童中的长期使用。
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