Lactobacillus fermentum and Lactobacillus amylovorus as probiotics alter body adiposity and gut microflora in healthy persons

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 116-123

  Omar, Jaclyn M ^a   Chan, Yen Ming ^a   Jones, Mitchell L ^b,c   Prakash, Satya ^b,c   Jones, Peter J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Micropharma Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Energy expenditure; Lactobacillus; Microflora; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS AMYLOVORUS; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM;

EID: 84873278218     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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