The human gastrointestinal tract is colonized by a dense population of microorganisms,
referred to as the bacterial flora. Although the gut provides a functional barrier between …

Metabolic processes utilize a variety of differing and contrasting biochemical routes to
enable synthesis of degradation and activation or deactivation of substances; in addition …

The costs of developing a probiotic or prebiotic ingredient have always been substantial.
Ingredient characterization, evaluation of technological and physiological properties, and …

Lactose is the precursor for a number of compounds derived by chemical, physical or
enzymatic conversion that have an established and expanding place in the health and food …

Cholangitis often develops after percutaneoustranshepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) for
malignancy. Theaims of this retrospective study were to clarify wheThe ror not bacteribilia …

Obstructive jaundice leads to bacterial translocation (BT) by disruption of the gut barrier,
intestinal microecology, and impaired host immune defence. The objective of the present …

BACKGROUND: Obstructive jaundice is often accompanied by bacterial translocation and
subsequent sepsis. The effect of lactulose in preventing that process was evaluated in an …

Methods At baseline, laboratory, sociodemographic, and clinical characteristics of patients,
including age, sex, body mass index, etiologies of renal failure, PD treatment duration, type …

Background To the best of our knowledge, the effectiveness and safety of lactulose in
comparison to sennosides, for the prevention of peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related peritonitis …

The task of this study was to develop a multifunctional ice cream which can deliver multiple
functional ingredients to consumers. Probiotic (Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001), prebiotic …