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Frontiers in Oncology, 2021 In recent years, the consumption of over-the-counter probiotics to promote health has grown rapidly worldwide and become an independent industry. In medicine, various studies have demonstrated that probiotics can help improve the immune system and intestinal health.
Ke Lu +5 more
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Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2009 The term "probiotic" was first used in 1965, by Lilly and Stillwell, to describe substances secreted by one organism which stimulate the growth of another. The use of antibiotics, immunosuppressive therapy and irradiation, amongst other means of treatment, may cause alterations in the composition and have an effect on the GIT flora.
Gupta, V, Garg, R
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The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2001 Bacterial species that have traditionally been regarded as safe are used in probiotics; the main strains used include lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria that inhabit the intestinal tracts of humans and animals. However, reports of frequent isolation of bacteria used in probiotics from infection sources in recent years have raised much debate over ...
ISHIBASHI, Norio, YAMAZAKI, Shouji
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Microbial Cell Factories, 2021 Lactobacillus (Limosilactobacillus) fermentum D12 is an exopolysaccharide (EPS) producing strain whose genome contains a putative eps operon. Whole-genome analysis of D12 was performed to disclose the essential genes correlated with activation of ...
Katarina Butorac +9 more
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Antioxidants, 2021 Fermentation of medicinal herbs can be a significant technique to obtain bioactive compounds. Paeoniae Radix (PR) used in the present study is a well-known herbal medicine that exhibits anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory activity.
Shrijana Shakya +4 more
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Properties of probiotics and encapsulated probiotics in food [PDF]
Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Technologia Alimentaria, 2014 Probiotics are microorganisms which confer health benefits upon application in sufficiently-high viable cell amounts. Probiotics are typically members of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium species commonly associated with human gastrointestinal tracts.
Ozyurt V.H., O¨tles S.
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Microorganisms, 2021 Cariogenic bacteria, such as Streptococcus (S.) mutans and S. sobrinus, produce insoluble and sticky glucans as a biofilm material. The present study demonstrates that a lactic acid bacterium (LAB) named BM53-1 produces a substance that inhibits the ...
Masafumi Noda +6 more
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Multi-site microbiota alteration is a hallmark of kidney stone formation
Microbiome, 2023 Background Inquiry of microbiota involvement in kidney stone disease (KSD) has largely focussed on potential oxalate handling abilities by gut bacteria and the increased association with antibiotic exposure.
Kait F. Al +9 more
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Adherence patterns of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli strains isolated from children with gastrointestinal diarrhea and matched controls in a Hep-2 cell adhesion assay [PDF]
Journal of Advances in Environmental Health Research, 2016 In the present study, carbon species including organic carbon (OC), elemental carbon (EC), and water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC) concentration in PM2.5 were assessed at an urban site of Tehran, Iran during March to June 2014.
Zohreh Khodaei +4 more
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Probiotics and pregnancy [PDF]
Orvosi Hetilap, 2011 Prenatal care is one of the great challenges in the medicine. Aims of therapies and protocols may influence the life of mothers and babies. Diseases occurring during pregnancy are dubious, because of their potential danger and difficulties in their treatment strategy. Prevention must be emphasized using safe and natural drugs.
Judit, Wacha, Attila, Szijártó
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