34 articles for “probiotics”

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSafety Assessment of Indigenous Probiotic Strain Lactobacillus plantarum Mut-7 Using Sprague Dawley Rats as a ModelAtika Yahdiyani Ikhsani, Emma Riftyan, Rosa Amalia Safitri et al.Lactobacillus plantarum Mut-7 is a probiotic candidate isolated from gatot, traditional fermented cassava from Java, Indonesia. This study aimed to evaluate safety aspects of high dose consumption of L. plantarum Mut-7 (1011 CFU/ml/day) on Sprague Dawley rats for 21 days. Twenty four female rats were randomly divided into 4 groups; initial condition group (P.0), control group (P.1), skim milk group … …American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vol. 15, Issue 1 · 30 Apr 2020 · 8,690 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDescription of a Novel Probiotic Concept: Implications for the Modulation of the Immune SystemStefania Pacini, Marco RuggieroIt is estimated that the first processed food products consumed by humans pertained to the category of fermented foods and beverages such as beer, wine, sauerkraut, fermented sausage as well as fermented milk derivatives such as yogurt and kefir. Thus, fermented foods are endowed with undisputed healthy properties due to the presence of probiotic microbes that not only help supporting … …American Journal of Immunology, Vol. 13, Issue 2 · 28 Jan 2017 · 9,237 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractIsolation of the Antimicrobial Cyclic Peptide Subtilosin a from a Gut-Associated Bacillus subtilis StrainGhislain Schyns, Claudia R. Serra, Adriano O. Henriques et al.The endospore-forming Bacillus subtilis has been used as probiotics over the last 50 years. However, little is known on how Bacillus spp act in the gut compared to other well-characterized probiotics such as lactic acid bacteria. It is believed that the competitive exclusion of pathogens results from different mode of action notably the production of antimicrobial compounds such as bacteriocins. … …American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol. 9, Issue 3 · 21 Sep 2013 · 7,678 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAdhesion of Probiotic Bacteria to Resistant Rice StarchGhalia Salem, Zaiton Hassan, Maryam AbubakrResistant starch as prebiotics can be combined with probiotics to increase their survival during processing of food products. In present study Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) which, isolated from (yoghurt, banana and human breast milk) were screened for their probiotic properties and evaluated for the adhesion properties to Rice Resistance Starch (RRS). 26% of the isolates (10/39) overcame the stress to … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 4 · 5 Apr 2013 · 6,748 accessesView PDF Cite