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Review
. 2015 Apr;23(2):107-14.
doi: 10.1016/j.jsps.2013.07.001. Epub 2013 Jul 18.

Role of Probiotics in health improvement, infection control and disease treatment and management

A A Amara  1 , A Shibl  2
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Review

Role of Probiotics in health improvement, infection control and disease treatment and management

A A Amara et al. Saudi Pharm J. 2015 Apr.

Abstract

Research which concerns the usefulness of Probiotics show increasing interest based on the rise of their publications, products and the awareness of the public of their benefits. There is increasing interest concerning Probiotics from the public, researchers, governmental organizations (such as the WHO/FAO) and medicinal and food companies. Probiotics means "let good microbes work for you in different fields get their benefits and take a rest". Such work will include, food digestion, production of useful products to destroy the bad microbes, complement the functions of the missed digestive enzymes (due to missed or defective genes), and to maintain the digestive system's pH, and so on. Probiotics will augment the efficiency of our biological fermentors, the digestive system. Many authors have described the history and the progress of Probiotics and their different applications. In this review, we will focus mainly on three points, health improvement, infection control and disease management, which could be eliminated by the use of different types of direct uses of Probiotics or by the use of foods containing Probiotics.

Keywords: Disease management; Health; Infections; Probiotics.

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