Intestinal flora and human health - introductory remarks
▪ Author : Paul Nestel
▪ Keyword : intestinal flora, health
▪ Content : This area of medical science began as a branch of microbiology- medical ecology, or the relationship between living beings and the microorganisms with which they coexist.
▪ Content : Probiotics have been suggested to be of use in many diarrhoeal disorders, particularly in the prophylaxis and treatment of infectious diarrhoea.
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Prevention of colon cancer: role of short chain fatty acids produced by intestinal flora
▪ Content : Any polysaccharide, whether starch or fibre (ie non-starch polysaccharides) may be fermented in the large bowel by resident microflora (anaerobic bacteria).
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Probiotics and colon cancer prevention
▪ Author : Graeme H McIntosh
▪ Keyword : probiotics, colon cancer, prevention
▪ Content : This review examines some of the evidence regarding probiotic bacteria as agents to reduce the risk of colon cancer in humans.
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Probiotics and stabilisation of the gut mucosal barrier
▪ Author : Salminen S, Isolauri E, Salminen E
▪ Keyword : probiotics, stabilisation, gut mucosal barrier
▪ Content : Probiotic bacteria are used to treat disturbed intestinal microflora and altered gut permeability which are characteristic to many intestinal disorders.
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Intestinal flora and human health
▪ Author : Tomotari Mitsuoka
▪ Keyword : intestinal flora, health
▪ Content : There is a growing interest in intestinal flora and human health and disease.
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Selection criteria for probiotic microorganisms
▪ Author : Patricia L Conway
▪ Keyword : selection, criteria, probiotic
▪ Content : Probiotics are preparations of live microorganisms which beneficially affect the host by improving the properties of the indigenous microbes.
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Short-chain fatty acids produced by intestinal bacteria
▪ Content : The colon is the major site of bacterial colonisation in the human gut and the resident species are predominantly anaerobes.
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Production of anti-microbial substances by probiotics
▪ Author : Charumati Mishra, John Lambert
▪ Keyword : anti-microbial substances, probiotic
▪ Content : Bacterial antagonism has been recognised for over a century but in recent years this phenomenon has received more scientific attention, particularly in the use of various strains of lactic acid bacteria (LAB).
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Safety of probiotic bacteria
▪ Author : DC Donohue, S Salminen
▪ Keyword : safety, probiotic
▪ Content : In recent years interest has been renewed in health promotion and disease prevention by the incorporation of probiotic bacteria into foods to counteract harmful bacteria in the intestinal tract.
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Properties of Lactobacillus casei Shirota strain as probiotics
▪ Author : Masami Morotomi
▪ Keyword : Lactobacillus casei Shirota, probiotics
▪ Content : Lactic acid bacteria are generallu non-pathogenic.
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Upper gastrointestinal tract disease and probiotics
