Probiotics [[electronic resource] ] : sources, types and health benefits / / Abbey Smith and Caleb L. Jones, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779511303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hauppauge, NY, : Nova Science Publishers, c2012
• ISBN: 1-61942-712-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Collana: Microbiology research advances
• Altri autori (Persone): SmithAbbey; JonesCaleb L
• Disciplina: 615.3/29
• Soggetti: Probiotics; Probiotics - Therapeutic use
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""PROBIOTICS ""; ""PROBIOTICS ""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE ""; ""ROLE OF PROBIOTICS AND DIETARY FIBRE IN MAINTAINING HEALTHY GUT FLORA ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""CONCEPT OF FIBRE""; ""DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION OF FIBRE DETERMINATION METHODS ""; ""CLASSIFICATION OF DIETARY FIBRE ""; ""RICE ""; ""SOLUBLE AND INSOLUBLE FIBRE IN RICE ""; ""PHYSIOLOGICAL AND METABOLIC EFFECTS OF DIETARY FIBRE ON HUMAN HEALTH""; ""Daily Intake of Dietary Fibre ""; ""Fermentation of Dietary Fibre ""; ""Why In-Vitro Fermentation?""; ""LIMITATIONS AND IMPORTANCE OF IN-VITRO FERMENTATION ""; ""IN-VITRO FERMENTATION MODELS """"PRODUCTS FROM THE FERMENTATION OF DIETARY FIBRE ""; ""SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACIDS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS ""; ""FACTORS INFLUENCING SCFA FORMATION DURING FERMENTATION ""; ""CONCEPT OF PREBIOTIC, PROBIOTIC, AND SYMBIOTIC ""; ""COLONIC FOOD AND PREBIOTICS ""; ""CURRENT PROBIOTIC POSITION AND STATE OF THE ART ""; ""Lactobacillus Species ""; ""BIFIDOBACTERIUM SPECIES""; ""CONCEPT OF SYMBIOTIC ""; ""STRATEGY FOR ACETATE, PROPIONATE AND BUTYRATE FORMATION BY BIFIDOBACTERIA AND LACTOBACILLUS SPECIES""; ""MICROBIAL ADHESION ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""PORCINE TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS AND THEIR CROSSTALK WITH IMMUNOBIOTICS: IMPACT IN THE REGULATION OF GUT ; INFLAMMATORY IMMUNITY""""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""THE INNATE IMMUNE SYSTEM IN THE GUT: ROLE OF TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS IN INNATE IMMUNITY AND TOLERANCE ""; ""IMMUNOREGULATORY EFFECT OF LACTIC ACID BACTERIA IN INTESTINAL INNATE IMMUNITY VIA PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTORS ""; ""FUNCTIONAL EXPRESSION OF TLRS IN SWINE GUT-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUES (GALT) ""; ""CONSTRUCTION OF MOLECULAR IMMUNOASSAY SYSTEM FOR THE DISCOVERY OF NOVEL IMMUNOBIOTICS AND IMMUNOGENICS ""; ""UTILIZATION OF PORCINE INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL CELLS FOR SELECTION AND STUDY OF IMMUNOBIOTICS """"Modulation of TLR4-Mediated Inflammatory Response in PIE Cells by Immunobiotics ""; ""Modulation of TLR3-Mediated Anti-Viral Inflammatory Response in PIE Cells by Immunobiotics ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM: FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR PROBIOTIC APPLICATIONS ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES ""; ""HEALTH BENEFITS AND THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS""; ""FOOD AND PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES """"PROBIOTICS IN THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF ELDERLY DISEASE ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""AGE-RELATED ALTERATIONS IN THE INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA ""; ""AGE-RELATED ALTERATIONS IN COLONIC METABOLIC ACTIVITY ""; ""PROBIOTICS IN THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF ELDERLY DISEASE ""; ""APPENDIX I. PUBLISHED LITERATURE FOCUSED ON THE USE OF PROBIOTICS IN ELDERLY DISEASE ""; ""1) Gut Microecology""; ""2) Bowel Movement, Constipation, and Gut transit Time ""; ""3) Irritable Bowel Syndrome ""; ""4) Antibiotic-associated Diarrhea (AAD) ""; ""5) Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) ""; ""6) Immune Modulation ""