New insights into Lactobacillus and functional intestinal disorders

Lombardo, L.

Minerva Gastroenterologica E Dietologica 54(3): 287-293

2008


ISSN/ISBN: 1121-421X
PMID: 18614977
Document Number: 617841
Intestinal microflora can be considered as a "dynamic system" that actively interacts with the intestinal epithelium and the local immune system. It synthesizes antimicrobial substances (bacteriocins), vitamins (PP, B1, B6, B12), it produces a major intestinal nutrient (butyric acid) and interacts in a competitive fashion with the pathogens. Lactobacilli concentration (Gram+, Gram variable, facultative anaerobes) is generally decreased in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients.

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