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 NF-κB (nuclear factor κappa B) belongs to a family of transcription factors that regulate a number of key cellular pathways and control many physiological processes, including the immune and inflammatory responses. The ...

Modulation of the gut microbiota through the use of probiotics has been widely used to treat or prevent several intestinal diseases. However, inconsistent results have compromised the efficacy of this approach, especially ...

The aim was to evaluate the use of Lactobacillus casei strains in the fermentation process of low-fat Italian type salami with fructooligosaccharides (FOS). A screening using probiotic strains was performed at pH 5.5, 5.0 ...

Probiotic products are viewed as an alternative to the use of antibiotics in freshwater fishes farming. Probiotic organisms include bacteria, yeast, and filamentous fungi offering different benefits to fish including growth ...

This study evaluated the probiotic properties (stability at different pH values and bile salt concentration, auto-aggregation and co-aggregation, survival in the presence of antibiotics and commercial drugs, study of ...

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 ...

In this work, a diet lozenge with the microencapsulated probiotic strain Enterococcus faecium CRL 183 was developed. The microbiological, physicochemical and sensorial characteristics were analyzed and the anticariogenic ...