Immune System Stimulation by Probiotic Microorganisms

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 938-956

  Ashraf, Rabia ^a   Shah, Nagendra P ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cytokine; fermented milk; Immunostimulation; infancy; pregnancy; yogurt

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTED MILK; OBSTETRICS; YEAST;

CYTOKINES; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFANCY; PREGNANCY; YOGURT;

IMMUNE SYSTEM;

CYTOKINE; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DAIRY PRODUCT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFANT; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURED MILK PRODUCTS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFANT; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROBIOTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84893555765     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2011.619671     Document Type: Article

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