Probiotics and Prebiotics 2015
A special issue of Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2015) | Viewed by 42251
Special Issue Editor
Interests: probiotics; prebiotics; bifidobacteria; gnotobiology; helicobacter pylori; stomach; atopic dermatitis; gut-brain axis
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Dear Colleagues,
Probiotics are defined as live non-pathogenic bacteria that beneficially affect the host by influencing the microbiota of the digestive tract. Prebiotics, that are usually saccharides and fiber, represent a source of energy being metabolized by the intestinal and probiotic microbiota. In the last several decades, a rapid rise in the use of probiotics/prebiotics occurred for prevention and treatment of diseases in medicine, such as diarrhea caused by certain pathogenic bacteria and viruses, Helicobacter pylori infection, and allergies, etc. Rigid evidence supporting the efficacy of probiotics/prebiotics in such clinical uses and mechanical studies are now needed in order to firmly establish them in modern medicine.
Prof. Dr. Yasuhiro Koga
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- probiotics
- prebiotics
- prevention of diarrhea caused by pathogenic bacteria and viruses
- Helicobacter pylori infection and complications
- inflammatory bowel diseases
- irritable bowel syndrome
- mucosal immunity
- allergy
- hyperlipidemia
- gut-brain axis
- obesity
- diabetes
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