Dietary soluble fiber has generated interest amongst researchers and consumers recently as people have started seeking a healthier diet for heart benefits, to prevent obesity, and increase beneficial gut bacteria. Furthermore, yogurt texture is recognized as an important sensory quality that affects consumer perception. The main objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of the prebi...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of proteolytic (Serratia liquefaciens, match %: 99.39) or lipolytic (Acinetobacter genomospecies 10, match %: 99.90) psychrotrophic bacteria (bacterial counts, analysis of free fatty acids (FFA) and analysis of free amino acids) on the microbial and chemical properties (yogurt composition), and sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electropho...

Yogurt was made using an exopolysaccharide-producing strain of Streptococcus thermophilus and its genetic variant that only differed from the mother strain in its inability to produce exopolysaccharides. The microstructure was investigated using confocal scanning laser microscopy, allowing observation of fully hydrated yogurt and the distribution of exopolysaccharide within the protein network....

herbs have been used for its medicinal properties from several thousand years ago. herbs, essences and extracts, possess a variety level of biological activities and antimicrobial activities of a large number of them have been proved. eucalyptus is one of these plants which the anti-virus effects of its extract has long been used to treat influenza and colds in most parts of the world. the aim ...

BACKGROUND Data from experimental animals suggest that probiotic supplements may retard CKD progression. However, the relationship between probiotic use, frequent yogurt consumption (as a natural probiotic source), and kidney parameters have not been evaluated in humans. FINDINGS We utilized NHANES data, and analyzed the association of probiotic alone (1999-2012) and yogurt/probiotic (2003-20...

This study aimed to investigate the functional and physicochemical properties of yogurt, supplemented with germinated brown rice (GBR) containing γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), during storage. GBR was produced by soaking brown rice at 30℃, and saccharified germinated brown rice (SGBR) was produced by treating brown rice with α- and β-amylase for 1 h, at 80℃ and 60℃, respectively. Yogurt was manufa...

Dyslipidemia, an established risk factor for coronary heart diseases (CHD), is strikingly common in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This study investigated the effects of some antidiabetic herbs used in Saudi Arabia on lipid profile in diabetic rats. Six experimental groups of adult male Albino rats each consists of twenty five rats. The first group was considered as a control gr...