Published in Urolithiasis
Nutrients, vitamins, probiotics, and herbal products may be risk factors, or alternately, protect against the formation of urinary stones. The purpose of this review was to update knowledge of the role of nutraceuticals in renal stone formation. A systematic search of the relevant literature published in PubMed in the last ten years was conducted a...
Published in Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie
Recent evidence indicates the use of probiotics in the prevention and treatment of diseases. Probiotics are capable of changing the gut microbiota composition and bile acid synthesis to elicit health benefits such as cholesterol-lowering, weight reduction, and improving insulin sensitivity. The aging population is prone to develop diseases because ...
Published in Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
Burn patients represent a combination of nutritionally deplete and calorically demanding individuals who are susceptible to morbidity and mortality. A source of sepsis in thermal injury patients is the gastrointestinal tract with its interaction of normal and potentially pathogenic bacteria. The normal flora of the intestines maintains the equilibr...
The previous reports have established a strong link between diet, lifestyle, and gut microbiota population with the onset of the colorectal cancer (CRC). Administration of probiotics has become a particular interest in prevention and treatment of CRC. As potential dietary complements, probiotics might be able to lower the risk of CRC and manage the...
Published in Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Adhesion of probiotic bacteria to the mucus layer lining the gastrointestinal tract is necessary for its effective colonisation and specific therapeutic effects. Enrichment of growth medium with mucin might stimulate bacterial adhesion, probably by increasing the expression of surface structures responsible for bacteria-gut epithelia and/or mucus i...
In spite of a large number of randomized placebo-controlled clinical trials and observational cohort studies including >50,000 preterm infants from 29 countries that have demonstrated a decrease in the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis, death, and sepsis, routine prophylactic probiotic administration to preterm infants remains uncommon in much of t...
Published in European journal of nutrition
During the time of breastfeeding, a third of all women contract (or: fall ill in) mastitis-the leading cause of precocious weaning. Recent studies indicate that probiotics intake may prevent mastitis by altering the breast's bacterial flora. The aim of this study was to examine whether probiotic milk intake during pregnancy is associated with less ...
Three different probiotics (Lactobacillus plantarum, L. casei, and Saccharomyces boulardii) were incorporated in gelatin and low methoxyl pectin (LMP) films separately and their viability was monitored during storage at two different temperatures (4 and 25 °C). The results showed that the gelatin based-films had a more protective effect on the viab...
Abstract Objective: The objective of the study was to estimate the effects of synbiotics on laboratory, macroscopic, and histopathologic features in dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) experimental colitis. Materials and methods: A total of 40 Wistar rats received 5% of DSS in their drinking water for 8 days to induce ulcerative colitis (UC). Eight rats w...
Published in Complementary therapies in clinical practice
To systematically identify and appraise evidence of the formulation specific effects and population specific responses of probiotics in inflammatory arthritis. MEDLINE (PubMed), CINAHL, EMBASE, and SCOPUS databases were searched for studies utilising probiotics in populations with inflammatory arthritis. The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) method was...
