Beneficial effects of probiotics and prebiotics on human health

Pharmazie

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 163-171

  Kumar, S G Vijaya ^a   Singh, S K ^a   Goyal, P ^a   Dilbaghi, N ^a   Mishra, D N ^a  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFA 15; BLUMOX; COLON CLEAN; CULTURELLE; DAMOXY; DANONE BIO; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLORA GROW; FLORASTOR; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KYO DOPHILUS; LACTIFLORA; LACTINEX; LACTISYN; LC1; MYCONIP; NANCY YOGURT; NATURAL PRODUCT; NOVAMOX; PEDMOX; PLACEBO; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PRIMADOPHILUS; PROBIO PLUS; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTICA; PROFLORA; SPOROLAC; SYNBIOTIC AGENT; TH1 PROBIOTICS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIFIT; YAKULT;

CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DIET; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; ENTERITIS; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INDUSTRY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; IRRITABLE COLON; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MINERAL METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINITIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DIET; HEALTH; HUMANS; INTESTINES; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 16244388924     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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