Japanese food conglomerate Kagome announced its research division has confirmed a unique property of lactobacillus brevis subspecies coagulans [Labre], a kind of plant-derived lactic acid bacteria.
In mice experiments, the division confirmed that a carrot extract fermented with Labre can effectively increase the natural killer [NK] cell activity and suppress tumor growth. Accordingly, the division concluded that Labre can exert an antitumor effect.