Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 – Selection of Promising Strains of Probiotics for Foods: Proposal for a Possible Flow-Chart with a Special Focus on the Dark Side of Probiotics (pp. 1-22)
Antonio Bevilacqua, Daniela Campaniello, Barbara Speranza, Milena Sinigaglia and Maria Rosaria Corbo (Department of the Science of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy)
Chapter 2 – Efficacy of Probiotics in the Prevention and Treatment of Microbial Infections (pp. 23-144)
Hanna Sikorska, Ph.D. and Wanda Smoragiewicz, Ph.D. (Montréal, Québec, Canada)
Chapter 3 – Probiotics in Gastrointestinal Tract and Related Diseases (pp. 145-168)
Cong Dai, Min Jiang and Ming-jun Sun (Department of Gastroenterology, First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, China)
Chapter 4 – Enterococci As Potential Probiotics: Properties and Application (pp. 169-190)
Lu-E Shi, Qiu-Yue Dong, Wei Zheng, Min Xu, Meng-Yan Chen, Dan-Ting Li, Bin-Feng Lv and Zhen-Xing Tang (College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, and others)
Chapter 5 – Protective Effect of Lactobacillus casei CRL 431 against Salmonella in a Mouse Model: Mechanisms Involved (pp. 191-210)
Natalia A. Castillo, Alejandra de Moreno de LeBlanc, Carolina Maldonado Galdeano and Gabriela Perdigón (Centro de Referencia para Lactobacilos (CERELA -CONICET), San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán – Argentina, and others)
Chapter 6 – Probiotics, Prebiotics and Gastrointestinal Disorders (pp. 211-244)
C. Senaka Ranadheera, P. H. P. Prasanna, Malshani Samaraweera and Janak K. Vidanarachchi (Department of Animal & Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, and others)
Chapter 7 – The Role of Probiotics on Immune Mediated Disorders (pp. 245-256)
Joshua J. Malago, Ph.D. (Sokoine University of Agriculture, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathology, Morogoro, Tanzania)
Index