Due to the health promoting function of carotenoids, research on their biosynthesis and accumulation in plants has been a predominant focus.
The gut microbiota includes a very important group of friendly bacteria of which lactobacilli and bifidobacteria are the two key members which have been implicated in a number of health promoting functions that affect general health and well-being of the host.
Besides displaying a plethora of novel health promoting functions which are highly strain specific, probiotic bacteria including Lactobacilli also demonstrated strong antioxidative potentials as reported previously [ 11– 13].
Many clinical trials have confirmed a lot of benefits of inulin on health promoting functions and reducing the risk of many diseases, leading to inulin extensively used as nutrient supplement (Kaur and Gupta 2002).
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Probiotics are live micro-organisms with a health promoting effect.
The survivability and colonization in the digestive tract are considered critical to ensure optimal functionality and expression of health promoting physiological functions by probiotics.
Enhancing the survival of probiotic bacteria in acidic environments such as fermented food carriers and gastric juice is crucial for ensuring their optimal function as health promoting agents.
We assessed a range of novel health promoting behaviors.
In line with its enormous diversity, the Firmicutes in the gastrointestinal tract perform a number of different functions that stretch from health promoting of some probiotic Lactobacillus spp. to pathogenic properties of Clostridium difficile.
