Cardiovascular diseases are one of the major causes of deaths in adults in the western
world. Elevated levels of certain blood lipids have been reported to be the principal cause of …

Commensal and pathogenic microorganisms must resist the deleterious actions of bile in
order to survive in the human gastrointestinal tract. Herein we review the current knowledge …

The present study was aimed to develop an effective probiotic lactic acid bacteria (LAB) from
piglet feces and in vitro characterization of probiotic properties. To confirm host-species …

The present study aims to evaluate the probiotic potential of lactic acid bacteria (LAB)
isolated from naturally fermented olives and select candidates to be used as probiotic …

Probiotics are defined as “living microorganisms, which upon ingestion in certain numbers
exert health benefits on the host beyond inherent basic nutrition”(43). Various studies have …

Lactic acid bacteria are among the most important probiotic microorganisms typically
associated with the human gastrointestinal tract. Traditionally, lactic acid bacteria have been …

Scientific developments in recent years have opened new frontiers and enable a better
understanding of the gastro-intestinal tract (GIT) as a complex and delicately balanced …

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and their probio-active cellular substances exert many beneficial
effects in the gastrointestinal tract. LAB prevent adherence, establishment, and replication of …

Twenty-nine Lactobacillus strains of dairy origin were examined in vitro for their probiotic
potential. Only a few strains were able to survive at pH 1 or in the presence of pepsin, while …

Ninety strains of Lactobacillus fermentum which were isolated from traditional dairy products
of minority nationalities (53 strains from Tibet, 1 from Inner Mongolia, 7 from Yun Nan and 29 …