Koji Nomoto：Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering Vol. 100 (2005) , No. 6 p.583-592
‘Viable bacteria that exhibit beneficial effects for health based on improvement of balance of intestinal bacterial flora’ was the most common definition of probiotics, but the diversity of their action mechanisms, including immune regulation, has been clarified, and probiotics have recently been broadly defined as ‘live microorganisms which when administered in adequet amounts confer a health benefit on the host’. J-Stage>> JOI JST.JSTAGE/jbb/100.583
‘Viable bacteria that exhibit beneficial effects for health based on improvement of balance of intestinal bacterial flora’ was the most common definition of probiotics, but the diversity of their action mechanisms, including immune regulation, has been clarified, and probiotics have recently been broadly defined as ‘live microorganisms which when administered in adequet amounts confer a health benefit on the host’. J-Stage>> JOI JST.JSTAGE/jbb/100.583
