Development and application of an in vitro methodology to determine the transit tolerance of potentially probiotic Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium species in the upper human gastrointestinal tract

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 759-768

  Charteris, W P ^a   Kelly, P M ^b   Morelli, L ^d   Collins, J K ^c  

^a SETCon House   (Ireland)

^b Dairy Products Research Centre   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; BODY FLUIDS; CELL CULTURE; PROTEINS;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BILE SALTS; CHYMOTRYPSIN INHIBITORS; GASTRIC MUCIN; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; MILK PROTEIN; PROBIOTIC LACTOBACILLI; SOYABEANS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

MILK PROTEIN; MUCIN; PANCREATIN; PEPSIN A; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOYBEAN TRYPSIN INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; INTESTINE FLUID; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; NONHUMAN; STOMACH JUICE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM BV. INFANTIS; GLYCINE MAX; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031800841     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1998.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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