Henri Boulard

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Henri Boulard was a French microbiologist who discovered the yeast Saccharomyces boulardii in 1923. He noticed people chewing on the skins of lychees and mangosteens to treat diarrhea during a cholera epidemic. He isolated and identified this strain of yeast, a probiotic. [1] He sold his patented strain of Saccharomyces boulardii to Biocodex, a French pharmaceutical company in the 1950s. [2] This probiotic is used to improve gut health and treat diarrhea [3] and is available in over 100 countries as Florastor. [4] [5]

An award named after him given to those helping worldwide health was established in 2021. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Saccharomyces Boulardii: A Yeast You Don't Want to Live Without! - Desert Health®" . Retrieved 2019-02-24.
  2. ↑ Seager, Nicholas (2012), "Thematic Criticism of the Rise of the Novel (II): Money, Medicine, Politics, and Things", The Rise of the Novel, Macmillan Education UK, pp. 169–184, doi:10.1007/978-1-137-28495-2_11, ISBN   9780230251830
  3. ↑ Jin, Yong-Su; Rao, Christopher V.; Walukiewicz, Hanna E.; Sohn, Jung-Hoon; Sung, Bong Hyun; Kwak, Suryang; Xia, Peng-Fei; Kim, Heejin; Jayakody, Lahiru N. (2016-04-15). "Metabolic Engineering of Probiotic Saccharomyces boulardii". Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 82 (8): 2280–2287. doi:10.1128/AEM.00057-16. ISSN   0099-2240. PMC   4959471 . PMID   26850302.
  4. ↑ Staff Writer. "Saccharomyces boulardii Proves to Be a Powerful GI Pathogen-Buster". Holistic Primary Care. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
  5. ↑ "A century of improving health with probiotics". Florastor. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Henri Boulard Awards | Biocodex Foundation". www.biocodexmicrobiotafoundation.com. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
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