Chronic low grade inflammation is a pathogenic factor in a range of common conditions including atherosclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes mellitus, depression and obesity. Staphylococcus aureus is a prime candidate as a causative factor of chronic inflammation because carriage is common, the organism is potentially invasive and many strains produce superantigens which induce a non-specific...

Knowing that curcumin has low bioavailability when administered orally, and that piperine has bioenhancer activity by inhibition of hepatic and intestinal biotransformation processes, the aim of this study was to investigate the antidiabetic and antioxidant activities of curcumin (90 mg/kg) and piperine (20 or 40 mg/kg), alone or co-administered, incorporated in yoghurt, in streptozotocin (STZ)...

A number of health benefits have been claimed for probiotic bacteria such as Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium spp., and L. casei. These benefits include antimutagenic effects, anticarcinogenic properties, improvement in lactose metabolism, reduction in serum cholesterol, and immune system stimulation. Because of the potential health benefits, these organisms are increasingly being inc...

the objectives of this study were to assess the microbiological quality of egyptian yoghurt and to investigate the antagonistic activity of some probiotic bacteria against some food borne pathogens in vitro and in yoghurt. the results indicated a poor microbiological quality of yoghurt, since the microbiological parameters recorded higher values than the admissible levels. results from the agar...

The purpose of this article is to present possibilities for obtaining a new type probiotic yoghurt enriched by adding hemp press cake flour (HPCF) in different amounts (2%, 4%, 6%, 8% and 10%). Hemp by-product that remains after the cold pressing industrial (Cannabis sativa L.). Principal component analysis showed 4 10% had significant effect, amount 2% HPCF no effect on physicochemical charact...