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Probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics- a review [PDF]

Journal of Food Science and Technology, 2015
The health benefits imparted by probiotics and prebiotics as well as synbiotics have been the subject of extensive research in the past few decades. These food supplements termed as functional foods have been demonstrated to alter, modify and reinstate the pre-existing intestinal flora.
Kavita R, Pandey, Suresh R, Naik, Babu V, Vakil   +2 more
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Production of Probiotic (Turshi) Pickled Vegetables

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2019
In Iraq, people prepare turshi (fermented Iraqi vegetable pickles) from different vegetables such as cucumber, turnip, eggplants, cabbage, carrot and pepper.
Sarmad Ghazi Al-Shawi, Wael Ali Swadi, Alaa Abdul Hussein   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative genomic and phenotypic analysis of potential beneficial properties of Bifidobacterium adolescentis

mSphere
Certain strains of Bifidobacterium adolescentis inhabiting the gastrointestinal tract have been shown to possess properties that are purported to improve host health.
Mallory J. Van Haute, Katherine Chacón-Vargas, Chloe M. Christensen, Shara R. P. Yumul, Fatimah F. Abdulaali, Andrew K. Benson, Robert Hutkins, Thomas A. Auchtung   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of synbiotic therapy in mild-to-moderately active ulcerative colitis: A randomized placebo-controlled study

The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2019
Background/Aims: Recently, there has been an increasing interest in the effects of probiotics and prebiotics on ulcerative colitis (UC). In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of synbiotic therapy on the clinical and endoscopic activities ...
Hülya Kamarlı Altun, Emine Akal Yıldız, Mete Akın   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changes in Gut Microbiota and Systemic Inflammation after Synbiotic Supplementation in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Cells, 2022
Gut dysbiosis has a role in the pathogenesis of lupus. Synbiotic supplementation may restore the balance of gut microbiota. This study investigated whether synbiotics could improve gut microbiota and systemic inflammation in lupus patients.
Alvina Widhani, Samsuridjal Djauzi, Franciscus Dhyanagiri Suyatna, Beti Ernawati Dewi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Synbiotic Yogurts and the Elderly

, 2017
Many problems can seriously affect the health of the elderly. Health promotion practices should focus on dietary intake of functional foods. Several dietary strategies, including an increase of fiber intake and the consumption of probiotic and synbiotic foods including synbiotic yogurt, have been associated with health improvement.
Sivieri, Katia, Freire, Fernanda C., Lopes, Natalia P., Shiraishi, Christiane T.D., Pires, Ana Carolina M.S., Lima, Ana Carolina D., Zavarizi, Adriana C.M., Sgarbosa, Letícia, Bianchi, Fernanda   +8 more
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A comparative evaluation of antibiotic and synbiotic supplementation on production performance and necrotic enteritis severity in broilers during an experimental necrotic enteritis challenge

Frontiers in Physiology
The ban on antibiotics in the poultry diet resulted in re-emergence of several infectious diseases including necrotic enteritis (NE). These infectious diseases are leading to poor health and welfare as well as production and economic loss.
Bikas Raj Shah, Walid Ghazi Al Hakeem, Revathi Shanmugasundaram, Ramesh K. Selvaraj   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Supplementation of the Synbiotic Ecologic® 825/FOS P6 on Intestinal Barrier Function in Healthy Humans: A Randomized Controlled Trial. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics have been suggested as dietary strategies to improve intestinal barrier function. This study aimed to assess the effect of two weeks synbiotic supplementation on intestinal permeability under basal and stressed ...
E Wilms, J Gerritsen, H Smidt, I Besseling-van der Vaart, G T Rijkers, A R Garcia Fuentes, A A M Masclee, F J Troost   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Supplementing a specific synbiotic suppressed the incidence of AOM/DSS-induced colorectal cancer in mice

iScience, 2023
Summary: In this study, we evaluated the effect of a specific synbiotic on CAC (AOM/DSS-induced colitis-associated cancer). We confirmed that the synbiotic intervention was able to protect the intestinal barrier and inhibit CAC occurrence via ...
Huixia Wu, Zhengchun Wu, Yilan Qiu, Fangjian Zhao, Minjing Liao, Zhihong Zhong, Jian Chen, Yiliang Zeng, Rushi Liu   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Resistant Peanut Genotype Reprograms Rhizosphere Metabolism to Enhance Bacterial Wilt Suppression

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The resistant peanut genotype selectively recruits beneficial bacteria, which coincides with the activation of salicylic acid (SA)‐dependent systemic acquired resistance (SAR) against Ralstonia solanacearum. Keystone rhizosphere metabolites are positively correlated with both beneficial microbiome assembly and SAR gene expression.
Rui Ren, Xiaogang Li, Hao Li, Zenghui Cao, Mengtian Hou, Chunlei Zhao, Nan Lou, Sasa Hu, Yanzhe Li, Qian Ma, Yaoyao Li, Yi Fan, Kunkun Zhao, Kai Zhao, Ding Qiu, Fangping Gong, Zhongfeng Li, Haitao Liu, Xingli Ma, Xingxiang Wang, Dongmei Yin   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source