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Definition & Probiotics (living agents)
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Probiotics are used to supply live bacteria that are intended to colonize the intestines.
The joint Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) define probiotics as “live microorganisms which, when consumed in appropriate amounts, exert a health effect on the host” (Health and Nutritional Properties and G…
References (Sources)
- Current clinical translation of microbiome medicines
- Expert consensus document: The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on the definition and scope of synbiotics
- Limosilactobacillus fermentum CECT5716: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Insights
- Parkinson’s Disease: The emerging role of gut dysbiosis, antibiotics, probiotics, and fecal microbiota transplantation
- Probiotics Regulate Gut Microbiota: An Effective Method to Improve Immunity
- The pros, cons, and many unknowns of probiotics
- Therapeutic modulation of microbiota-host metabolic interactions