and Escherichia coli with a minus origin.

BACKGROUND A positive correlation between an individual's cholesterol level and development of CHD has been suggested. Low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and high levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) are important risk factors and oxidation of LDL has been implicated as an initiator of atherosclerosis. AIM Attempts are being made worldwide for the sear...

It has been established that the terms vitamin M, vitamin B,, norit eluate factor, Lactobacillus casei factor, factor U, folic acid, and factor SLR all refer to a group of compounds (or a compound) with similar characteristics and similar biological activities. Of these factors seven have been reported in purified form: folic acid (isolated from spinach) (l), three L. casei factors (one from li...

Background Allergies are becoming a serious health burden in developed countries. Increasing numbers of clinical trials and animal experiments show that probiotics are new promising tools in allergy prophylaxis. In the present work we compared anti-allergic properties of the recently described probiotic mixture of Lactobacillus casei LOCK0900, L. casei LOCK0908 and L. paracasei LOCK0919 and L. ...

PURPOSE Lactobacillus casei (L. casei) is known to exert anti-proliferation effects on many types of cancer cells. However, the effect of L. casei on liver cancer has not been reported. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to determine the anti-cancer effect of L. casei extract on Huh7 cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS L. casei ATCC393 extract was prepared and purified. After the treatment of L....

A fatal case of community acquired pneumonia due to Lactobacillus casei ss rhamnosus is reported. Clinicians should be aware of this type of pneumonia.

1 The binding of a series of amide derivatives of methotrexate to Lactobacillus casei dihydrofolate reductase has been studied by inhibition constant measurements and by 'H n.m.r. spectroscopy. 2 Amide modification of the a-carboxylate of methotrexate was found to prevent interaction of the y-carboxylate with the imidazole of His 28. 3 Estimates of the contributions to the binding energy from t...

background staphylococcus aureus (s. aureus) is the most common pathogen responsible for osteomyelitis. conclusions parenteral administration of viable l. casei inhibits s. aureus-induced infection as shown by the bacteriologic analysis, but makes no difference to the radiological :union: rates. this could be the first step towards developing an effective, biologic adjunctive therapy for the ma...

gamma-amino butyric acid (gaba) possesses several physiological functions such as neurotransmission, induction of hypotension, diuretic and tranquilizer effects. production of gaba-enriched products by lactic acid bacteria has been a focus of different researches in recent years because of their safety and health-promoting specifities. in this study, glutamate decarboxylase (gad) gene of a loca...