The functionality of prebiotics as immunostimulant: Evidences from trials on terrestrial and aquatic animals

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 76, Issue , 2018, Pages 272-278

  Nawaz, Asad ^a   Bakhsh javaid, Allah ^a   Irshad, Sana ^b   Hoseinifar, Seyed Hossein ^c   Xiong, Hanguo ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Immunity; Mechanism of action; Prebiotics; Probiotics; SCFA

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT;

AQUATIC SPECIES; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; FISH; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; DIET; FISHES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INTESTINES; PREBIOTICS;

EID: 85043468741     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: 10959947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2018.03.004     Document Type: Review

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