The discovery and study of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. boulardii (Sb) is strictly related to the concept of health promoting microorganisms from food. The first most well-known and popularized throughout Europe assumption of health promoting food containing living microorganisms was yogurt. Appointed in 1888 by Louis Pasteur, Ilya Ilyich Metchnikov working in Paris developed...

The term ―probiotic‖ was first used in 1965 by Lilly and Stillwell, to describe substances secreted by one organism which stimulate the growth of another probiotics as ―live micro-organisms‖, which, when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host .The use of probiotics for the prevention of antibiotic associated diarrhea (AAD) and the treatment of Clostridium difficile...

The current study used an in-vitro technique to evaluate the functional potential of Dioscorea alata L. and D. bulbifera extracts as prebiotics. Prebiotics are nondigestible carbohydrates that undergo a selective fermentation process in gut benefit host, according Gibson Roberfroid 1995. Many wild edible plants high utilised both staple food medicine for variety stomach-related disorders. This ...

Abstract. Wulan R, Astuti RI, Rukayadi Y, Meryandini A. 2021. Evaluation of Indigenous Pichia kudriavzevii from cocoa fermentation for a probiotic candidate. Biodiversitas 22: 1317-1325. Currently, probiotics are becoming concern along with healthy lifestyle awareness. Besides bacteria, yeast can be used as candidate specific functional properties. Research on is still limited (except Saccharom...