BACKGROUND In the dairy industry, probiotic strains of Bifidobacterium are introduced into the composition of traditional starter cultures intended for the production of fermented foods, or sometimes are the sole microflora responsible for the fermentation process. In order to be able to reach the intestines alive and fulfil their beneficial role, probiotic strains must be able to withstand the...

Microplastics are prevalent in the environment and have a strong affinity to pollutants owing their large specific surface area hydrophobicity. Once ingested, microplastics transport into organisms. This study investigated bisphenol A (BPA) desorption behavior from three microplastic materials, namely, polystyrene (PS), polypropylene (PP), polyamide (PA), under simulated biological gastrointest...

Menbutone is often used to stimulate the hepato-digestive activity in case of digestive disorders and hepatic insufficiency different species (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, horses, dogs) because it has choleretic cholagogue effects increases gastric pancreatic juices. The objective was develop validate an HPLC method quantify menbutone sheep plasma using sparfloxacin as internal standard. mobile ...