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A Review on Prebiotics and Probiotics

Asad Khan, Akhil Dhar, Vatsala Upadhyay, T. Mohammad Munawar, Surya Prakash D.V

Abstract


Prebiotics are substances that can be found in nutritious foods or they can be purchased as nutraceuticals in a variety of tablets, capsules, or powder, commonly in conjunction with probiotic cultures. Prebiotics are polysaccharides which are capable of withstanding acidic and enzymatic
breakdown in the small intestine and are utilised by probiotics. Since many probiotic strains, particularly furmicutes and bacteroidetes, support the health of the gut microbiota, there are many products with Market availability of probiotics and possible applications for them are expanding
daily. Probiotics, however, have a beneficial effect on several kinds of acute and chronic infectious diseases in addition to those that are gut-related. Through the year 2021, the probiotics industry is expected to grow by a further 38%.Strong evidence further backs the theory that some probiotic
strains can improve immune function, particularly in people with substandard immune systems, such the elderly. Probiotics are also helpful for preventing and managing pouchitis and paediatric atopic conditions as well as medical infections, according to encouraging recent studies. Such probiotic dairy products serves the host organism through improving the development or activating breakdown of a few types of wellness-promoting bacteria, among others, and by improving the survival and assimilation
of live microbiological dietary supplements in gut flora.


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijpb.v9i1.845

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