Fish oils have many dietary benefits, but due to their strong odors and rapid deterioration, their application in food formulations is limited. For these reasons, nano-liposome was used to nano-encapsulate fish oil in this study and encapsulated fish oil was utilized in fortifying yogurt. Physicochemical properties of produced yogurt including pH, acidity, syneresis, fatty acid composition, per...

AIM To test whether supplements of Lactobacillus- and Bifidobacterium-containing yogurt (AB-Yogurt) affect the success of Helicobacter pylori eradication. METHODS One hundred and sixty H. pylori-infected patients were randomized into a triple-plus-yogurt group or a triple-only group, receiving 1 week of triple therapy with and without supplements of AB-Yogurt, respectively. In the triple-plus...

Gurez Valley is situated along the Krishna Ganga river and is less exploited. It has reserve forests. The forests are very rich in herbal wealth. The population of the area consists of the types Dard, Kashimiries; Gujars and Pathans. They have got much faith in herbs and the elders of the family mostly know the uses of the herbs and prescribe for the ailments to their families and neighbours. T...

Thai Traditional Medicine (TTM) has a long history in Thailand and is nowadays considered an effective alternative approach to the modern medicine. One of the main knowledge in Thai traditional medicine is the use of various types of herbs to form medicines. Our main goal is to bridge the gap between the traditional knowledge and the modern biomedical knowledge. Using text mining and visualizat...

Abstract One of the most recent and effective methods, which is currently receiving special attention being developed by numerous researchers, production microspheres from probiotic cells. The largest market segment for functional foods represented dairy products, have been touted as carriers nutrients, such probiotics, prebiotics, proteins, vitamins, minerals. Yogurt fermented product that pop...

Abstract. Yogurt with the use of coconut milk as raw material is known niyogurt or cocogurt. Coconut can be used a base for yogurt because it has same fat content in terms color and thickness similar to full cream milk. Preliminary research breed starter Streptococcus thermophilus Lactobacillus bulgaricus on media addition gradually. The results preliminary study showed that pH value cultures s...

Target herbal ingredient (THI) is an extract made from two herbs, Scutellariae Radix and Platycodi Radix. It has been developed as a treatment for metabolic diseases such as hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, and hypertension. One component of these two herbs has been reported to have anti-inflammatory, anti-hyperlipidemic, and anti-obesity activities. However, there have been no reports about th...

Yogurt has been part of the human diet for thousands of years, and during that time a number of health benefits have been associated with its consumption. The goal of the First Global Summit on the Health Effects of Yogurt was to review and evaluate the strength of current scientific knowledge with regard to the health benefits of yogurt and to identify areas where further research is needed. T...

BACKGROUND Evidence suggests that ingesting lactic acid bacteria exerts a suppressive effect on Helicobacter pylori infection in both animals and humans. Supplementing with Lactobacillus- and Bifidobacterium-containing yogurt (AB-yogurt) was shown to improve the rates of eradication of H. pylori in humans. OBJECTIVE We administered AB-yogurt to subjects with asymptomatic H. pylori to test whe...