Probiotics: Definition, scope and mechanisms of action

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 17-25

  Reid, Gregor ^a,b  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Mechanisms; Probiotics; Terminology

Indexed keywords

BIOSURFACTANT; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; CONSUMER; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SHELF LIFE; TH1 TH2 BALANCE; TH17 CELL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MICROBIOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PROBIOTICS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84953303027     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: 15321916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2015.12.001     Document Type: Review

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