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Lactic Acid Bacteria as Probiotics - Applications and Safety Issues (Paperback): Tejpal Dhewa

Lactic Acid Bacteria as Probiotics - Applications and Safety Issues (Paperback)

Tejpal Dhewa

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Fortification of our diet with certain gut flora components is a popular current aspect of functional food sciences. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are normal components of the healthy human intestinal microflora, are commonly used as probiotics added to food products mainly because of their supposed health-promoting activities. Probiotics are live microbial additions to the diet; prebiotics are foodstuffs that have a selective metabolism in the hindgut, whilst synbiotics are combinations of the two approaches. Developments in the application of probiotics as potential therapeutics i. e. treatment of infections, for controlling HIV and as novel vaccine delivery vehicles. This text recapitulated findings and safety issues related to LAB are promising biological agents that can be used as probiotics.

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Imprint: Lap Lambert Academic Publishing
Country of origin: Germany
Release date: 2011
First published: 2011
Authors: Tejpal Dhewa
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 7mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 108
ISBN-13: 978-3-8433-9199-3
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Microbiology (non-medical) > General
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LSN: 3-8433-9199-8
Barcode: 9783843391993

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