Clinical importance of lactic acid bacteria: A short review

Acta Biomedica

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 177-180

  Kumari, Archana ^a   Catanzaro, Roberto ^b   Marotta, Francesco ^c  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Gastrointestinal tract; Lactic acid bacteria; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LINOLEIC ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TEICHOIC ACID; YOGHURT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS BULGARICUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REVIEW;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; LACTOBACILLUS; NEOPLASMS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84860818325     PISSN: 03924203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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