Survival and therapeutic potential of probiotic organisms with reference to Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium spp.

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 80-88

  Kailasapathy, Kaila ^a,c   Chin, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium spp.; Lactobacillus acidophilus; Probiotic bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; BUTYRIC ACID; CARCINOGEN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CYTOKINE; LACTIC ACID; NITROSAMINE; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DAIRY PRODUCT; FERMENTATION; IMMUNITY; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DIET;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; NEOPLASMS; PROBIOTICS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; POSIBACTERIA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0033950802     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1711.2000.00886.x     Document Type: Article

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