Lactobacillus-produced exopolysaccharides and their potential health benefits: A review

Beneficial Microbes

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 457-471

  Patten, D A ^a,b   Laws, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EPSs; Immunomodulation; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTION; DRUG MECHANISM; FERMENTED PRODUCT; HEALTH; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; MUTAGEN TESTING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN CLEARANCE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; METABOLISM;

HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; LACTOBACILLUS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84931410823     PISSN: 18762883     EISSN: 18762891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/BM2014.0117     Document Type: Review

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