Improved appetite of pregnant rats and increased birth weight of newborns following feeding with probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 and Lactobacillus fermentum RC-14

Journal of Applied Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-52

  Anukam, Kingsley C ^a   Osazuwa, Emmanuel O ^a   Reid, Gregor ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^b LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appetite; Birth weight; Probiotics; Sprague Dawley rats

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; GLUCOSE; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RAT;

EID: 17044363883     PISSN: 1537064X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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