Background The current relevance of functional foods in human health and well-being has
led to an increased interest in developing new types of oral administration systems for …

Orally administered probiotics encounter various challenges on their journey through the
mouth, stomach, intestine and colon. The health benefits of probiotics are diminished mainly …

Gut microbes are closely associated with most human health. When ingested orally,
probiotics can effectively regulate the composition and quantity of human intestinal …

Adequate intake of live probiotics can provide benefits to human health and wellbeing.
However, free probiotics tend to lose their viability during the production, storage, and …

Oral administration of probiotics is a promising method to alleviate inflammatory bowel
diseases (IBDs). However, gastrointestinal environmental sensitivity and inferior intestinal …

Probiotics are a promising prevention and treatment strategy for several diseases, such as
inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), atopic diseases, acute …

The past two decades have witnessed a global surge in the application of probiotics as
functional ingredients in food, animal feed, and pharmaceutical products. Among food …

In order to inhibit pathogenic complications and to enhance animal and poultry growth,
antibiotics have been extensively used for many years. Antibiotics applications not only …

Probiotics have several health benefits to the host. However, low pH in the stomach, various
digestive enzymes and bile salts in the intestine threaten their viability and function. Thus …

Probiotics have demonstrated their high potential to treat and/or prevent various diseases
including neurodegenerative disorders, cancers, cardiovascular diseases, and inflammatory …