Current status and emerging role of glutathione in food grade lactic acid bacteria

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Pophaly, Sarang D ^a   Singh, Rameshwar ^a   Pophaly, Saurabh D ^b   Kaushik, Jai K ^a   Tomar, Sudhir K ^a  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b BioCOS Life Sciences Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Glutathione; Lactic acid bacteria; Probiotics; Stress resistance; Thiols

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GLUTATHIONE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SULFUR;

ACIDITY; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; COLD STRESS; FERMENTED PRODUCT; FOOD INDUSTRY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GLUTATHIONE; LACTIC ACID;

EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84865293921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-11-114     Document Type: Review

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