Handbook of probiotics /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lee, Y. K.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Wiley, c1999.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Microorganisms used as probiotics
  • Commercial probiotic products
  • Legal status
  • Isolation
  • Selection
  • Genetic modification of probiotic microorganisms
  • Role of probiotics in health and diseases
  • Gastrointestinal bacterial infection and diseases
  • Nutritional effects
  • Constipation
  • Cholesterol level
  • Hepatic encephalopathy
  • Chronic urinary tract infection
  • Antitumor
  • Prevention of diabetes
  • Antihypertensive effect
  • Farm animals
  • Mechanisms of probiotics
  • Competitive exclusion
  • Production of antimicrobial substances
  • Modulation of immune responses
  • Alteration of intestinal bacterial metabolic activity
  • Alteration of microecology in human intestine
  • Enhancement of indigenous probiotic organisms.