BACKGROUND/AIMS The effect of kefir on peptic ulcer disease was evaluated in an experimental model, with non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs, together with the determination of gastric mucus secretion by quantitative digital histochemistry. MATERIALS AND METHODS The experimental group included 28 male albino Wistar rats. After a diet with standard rat bait for 7 days, 14 rats were fed with ke...

Abstract Herbal tea is known rich in bioactive compounds and pigments. can be derived from Butterfly pea flowers. has a high level of anthocyanins flavonoid levels. However, butterfly not been used optimally fermentation products such as water kefir. Water kefir many benefits potential antioxidant sources. This research aimed to optimize time (24-48 hours) concentration grain (5-15%) for the pr...

In recent work we have come to challenge assumptions that we shared (Borschev and Partee 1998a) with Babby (1980) concerning the role of Theme-Rheme structure in accounting for the nominative-genitive alternation in negated existential sentences (the NES construction, in the terms of Babby (1980), the classic work which we are building on). The challenge is exemplified most clearly in our “kefi...

Traditional kefir, which is claimed for health-promoting properties, made from natural grain-based while commercial kefirs are of defined mixtures microorganisms. Here, approaches described how to discriminate and traditional kefirs. These two groups were characterized by in-depth analysis on the taxonomic functional level. Cultivation-independent targeted qPCR as well next-generation sequencin...

The main objective of this research is non-linear modeling of growth curve during kefir grains batch propagation. For this purpose some laboratory experiments were performed in an RC1 reactor provided data for growth curve construction. Afterwards, we fitted several growth models (Logistic, Gompertz and Richards) and compared their biological parameters. Finally, we established the statisticall...

A Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus HP1 strain with high exopolysaccharide activity was selected from among 40 strains of lactic acid bacteria, isolated from kefir grains. By associating the Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus HP1 strain with Streptococcus thermophilus T15, Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis C15, Lactobacillus helveticus MP12, and Sacharomyces cerevisiae A13, a ...

The objective of this research was to investigate the effects microbial transglutaminase (m-TGs) on the physicochemical, microbial and sensory properties of kefir produced by using mix cow and soymilk. Kefir batches were prepared using 0, 0.5, 1 and 1.5 Units m-TGs for per g of milk protein. Adding m-TGs to milk caused an increase in the pH and viscosity and caused a decrease in titratable acid...

BACKGROUND Sheep’s milk has a high content of total solids, which qualifies it as a very good raw material for the production of fermented milk drinks. Currently, there are commercially produced kefirs and yogurts from sheep’s milk in the countries of the Mediterranean region. The growing interest in the consumption of these products is justified not only by their taste merits, but ...