There are numerous reports that show the benefits on the health attributed to the probiotic consumptions. Most of the studies were performed using animal models and only some of them were validated in controlled human ...

The scientific community has proposed terms such as non-viable probiotics, paraprobiotics, ghostbiotics, heat-inactivated probiotics or, most commonly, postbiotics, to refer to inanimate microorganisms and/or their components ...

he viability of five single-strain and one three-strain probiotic cultures was assessed duringPategras cheese ripening. Probiotics were inoculated into cheese-milk after a pre-incubationstep ? intended to improve their ...

At the beginning, probiotics were used exclusively for gastrointestinal conditions. However, over the years, evidence has shown that probiotics exert systemic effects. In this review article, we will summarize recent reports ...

Over the past decade, the use of probiotics as feed supplements in animal production has increased considerably due to the ban on antibiotic growth promoters in livestock. This review provides an overview of the current ...

Background: The gastrointestinal tract is one of the most microbiologically active ecosystems that plays a crucial role in the working of the mucosal immune system (MIS). In this ecosystem, the consumed probiotics stimulate ...

Probiotic products are becoming increasingly popular worldwide. Regulators and quality control personnel need a clear path to count viable cells within each product. We have reviewed progress on the enumeration of probiotics ...

Probiotics have been associated with a variety of health benefits. They can act as adjuvant to enhance specific immune response. Bacterial cell wall (CW) molecules are key structures that interact with host receptors ...

Two probiotic strains, Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei, were used as adjunct cultures in semihard cheesemaking experiments, in order to study their influence on proteolysis during ...

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are present in many foods such as yoghurt and are frequently used as probiotics to favour some biological functions in the host. Many investigators have evaluated the therapeutic effects of yoghurt ...