TERMINOLOGY CONCEPTS OF PROBIOTIC AND PREBIOTIC AND THEIR ROLE IN HUMAN AND ANIMAL HEALTH

Revista de Salud Animal

Bonnet, M⁴  Ferreira, Célia Lucia¹  Sanchez, Lilian⁵  Carneiro, Heloísa⁴  Brizuela, Maria Antonieta²  Lukasz, Grzeskowiak³  Salminen, S³ 

[1] Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil;Cuban Research Institute for Sugarcane Derivates (ICDCA);University of Turku, Finland;Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA), Brazil;National Center for Animal and Plant Health (CENSA), Mayabeque, Cuba

关键词: probiotic;    Bifidobacterium;    prebiotic;    yacon;    animal health;    human health;   

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学科分类：兽医学

来源: Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria

【 摘 要 】

The mode of action of specific probiotic bacteria and specific prebiotic ingredients and their effects on the intestinal microbiota modulation in humans and animals has been demonstrated in many studies. Intestine is characterized for harboring a complex and dynamic microbiota which, among others, has a function to protect the host from inflammatory disorders. A mature and balanced endogenous microbiota has also an important role in the maintenance of a desirable activity of the immune system. Deviations in gut microbiota composition, due to improper diet, radiotherapy, antibiotic treatment, stress and others, may lead to a variety of gastrointestinal disorders. To overcome an unbalanced microbiota, the consumption of specific probiotics and prebiotics has been proved to be effective. For more than three decades, many probiotic microorganisms have been characterized and evaluated. However, the term prebiotic has only recently been identified, characterized and evaluated in human intervention studies. The list of prebiotic ingredients remains limited, and yacon (Smallantus sonchifolia) is an Andean root to which prebiotic attributes have been inferred recently. Humans and animals could seemingly benefit from the consumption of specific prebiotics and probiotics. In this work, terminology aspects of pre- and probiotics, and their roles in human and animal health are discussed.

【 授权许可】

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