Probiotics - How functional are they?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 272-273

  Koornhof, H J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; LACTULOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; YOGHURT;

ACCESSORY CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLITIS; COOKING; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIARRHEA; DRUG LABELING; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; FLATULENCE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MILK ALLERGY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; MUTAGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; PROBIOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342569713     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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