Journal of Global Pharma Technology
Volume 10 Issue 06: (2018) June 2018

A Brief Review of Probiotic: Action Mechanism, Benefits, and Clinical Application on Human Health

Dewa Ayu Agus Sri Laksemi (Unknown)
I Ketut Tunas (Unknown)
Ni Luh Putu Eka Diarthini (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
11 Jun 2018

Abstract

Probiotics are live microorganisms that are commonly used as food supplementation to provide a positive impact on human health. There was an increasing number of studies concerned with the benefit of probiotics due to the enhance community awareness of health. The primarily role of probiotics are known strengthening the epithelial barrier, increasing attachment to the intestinal mucosa, inhibiting the attachment of pathogenic bacteria, competitive exclusion of pathogenic microorganisms, producing anti-microbial substances and thereby modulating host immunity by initiating specific genes activation in the host intestinal tract system. The benefits of probiotics are not only limited to the gastrointestinal system but the mechanism of action includes other organs such as respiratory, urogenital, endocrine, and immune system. Hence, this review study will focus mainly on three aspects such as benefits, action mechanism, and its clinical application of probiotics on human health.Keywords: Action mechanism, Benefits, Clinical application, Probiotics.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jgpt

Publisher

Subject

Medicine & Pharmacology

Description

ournal of Global Pharma Technology is a monthly, open access, Peer review journal of Pharmacy published by JGPT Journal publishes peer-reviewed original research papers, case reports and systematic reviews. The journal allows free access to its contents, which is likely to attract more readers and ...