Emerging trends in 'smart probiotics' : functional consideration for the development of novel health and industrial applications [PDF]
The link between gut microbiota and human health is well-recognized and described. This ultimate impact on the host has contributed to explain the mutual dependence between humans and their gut bacteria.
El Hage, Racha +2 more
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Milk fermentation by monocultures or co-cultures of Streptococcus thermophilus strains
Direct vat-set starter cultures are the key ingredient for the production of fermented dairy products. The characteristics of the strains used for fermentation determine the fermentation time, texture and flavor of the fermented milk products.
Mei Han +5 more
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Health benefits and health claims of probiotics: bridging science and marketing [PDF]
Health claims for probiotics are evaluated by the Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies of the European Food Safety Authority. Despite a substantial amount of basic and clinical research on the beneficial effects of probiotics, all of the ...
Brummer, R.J. +2 more
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Probiotics Regulate Gut Microbiota: An Effective Method to Improve Immunity
Probiotics are beneficial active microorganisms that colonize the human intestines and change the composition of the flora in particular parts of the host. Recently, the use of probiotics to regulate intestinal flora to improve host immunity has received
Xinzhou Wang, Peng Zhang, Xin Zhang
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Metagenomics and probiotics [PDF]
The development of extensive sequencing methods has allowed metagenomic studies on the human gut microbiome to be carried out. This has tremendously increased our knowledge on gut microbiota composition and activity, allowing microbiota aberrations related to different diseases to be identified.
Gueimonde Fernández, Miguel +1 more
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Early probiotic supplementation for the prevention of atopic disease in newborns-probiotics and the hygiene hypothesis-. [PDF]
Environmental factors during early infancy could theoretically affect immune system development and subsequent risk of allergic disease. One potentially helpful exposure is early infant supplementation with specific probiotic strains.
Cabana, Michael D
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In vitro screening of probiotic lactic acid bacteria and prebiotic glucooligosaccharides to select effective synbiotics [PDF]
Probiotics and prebiotics have been demonstrated to positively modulate the intestinal microflora and could promote host health. Although some studies have been performed on combinations of probiotics and prebiotics, constituting synbiotics, results on ...
Courtin, Céline +6 more
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Oscillospira - a candidate for the next-generation probiotics
Oscillospira is a class of organism that often appears in high-throughput sequencing data but has not been purely cultured and is widely present in the animal and human intestines. There is a strong association between variation in Oscillospira abundance
Jingpeng Yang +5 more
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Probiotics for preventing acute otitis media in children [PDF]
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: to assess the effects of probiotics to prevent the occurrence and reduce the severity of acute otitis media in children.
Clark, Justin +7 more
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Review and Perspectives on Bifidobacterium lactis for Infants’ and Children’s Health
The influence of microbiota dysbiosis in early life is increasingly recognized as a risk factor for the development of several chronic diseases later in life, including an increased risk of asthma, eczema, allergies, obesity, and neurodevelopmental ...
Annie Tremblay +2 more
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