This proof-of-concept study aims to investigate whether malt-derived ingredients have acute prolactinotrophic effects in healthy women of child-bearing age.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
12
Solution with malt-derived ingredient
Solution with non-alcoholic beer solids
Société des produits Nestlé/Metabolic Unit
Lausanne, Switzerland
Prolactinotrophic effect
Δ of serum Prolactin Cmax between test products, positive control of beer solids and negative control of still water
Time frame: 2 hours post consumption
Gastrointestinal tolerability
• Gastro-intestinal tolerability assessment with a visual analogue scale for each symptom of interest i.e.1) Abdominal discomfort 2) Nausea 3) Vomiting 4) Diarrhoea 5) ↓appetite.
Time frame: 2 hours post consumption
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