The gut microbiota and human health with an emphasis on the use of microencapsulated bacterial cells

Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Prakash, Satya ^a   Tomaro Duchesneau, Catherine ^a   Saha, Shyamali ^a   Cantor, Arielle ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENIPIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SYNBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; BILE ACID METABOLISM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DIETARY FIBER; DRUG EFFICACY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENTERITIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMOBILIZED CELL; INTESTINE; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER DISEASE; MICROENCAPSULATION; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SKELETON MALFORMATION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG COMPOUNDING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 80052680401     PISSN: 11107243     EISSN: 11107251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/981214     Document Type: Review

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