Safety assessment of Bacillus licheniformis Me1 isolated from milk for probiotic application

International Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 228-237

  Nithya, Vadakedath ^a   Muthukumar, Serva P ^a   Halami, Prakash M ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

animal feeding studies; Bacillus licheniformis; functional foods; probiotics; safety

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS ME1; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENOTOXICITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN IRRITATION;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; EYE; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MILK; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PROBIOTICS; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84862015316     PISSN: 10915818     EISSN: 1092874X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091581812443388     Document Type: Article

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