Esther Abiodun Adurotoye; Abiodun Victor Ikujenlola; Hezekiah Adekanmi Adeniran
Volume 3, Issue 3 , September 2020, , Pages 1-7
Abstract
This study investigated the in vivo effect of administration of probioticated African Yam Bean (AYB) based milk analogues on albino rats. Vegetable milk extracts were obtained from processed African Yam Bean, Soybean Seeds, and Coconut. The samples were mixed at different ratios of 1:1:1, 3:1:1, and ...
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This study investigated the in vivo effect of administration of probioticated African Yam Bean (AYB) based milk analogues on albino rats. Vegetable milk extracts were obtained from processed African Yam Bean, Soybean Seeds, and Coconut. The samples were mixed at different ratios of 1:1:1, 3:1:1, and 5:1:1 (African Yam Bean: Soybean: Coconut) as A, B, and C, respectively. The blended milk analogues were fermented using Lactobacillus delbrueckii isolated from Kununzaki drink. The effect of the fermented milk analogues on the intestinal tract and the serum of the albino rats was also investigated. This strain inhibited the growth of Escherichia coli, a selected food-borne pathogen in vivo. Animals fed with only E. coli had the highest AST and ALT values of 79.31 and 24.59 IU/L respectively. Animals fed with sample B1 had the lowest ALT value of 16.24 IU/L. The weight gain was highest in animals fed with only probiotic drink sample. The histopathological examination showed the protective effect of the group dosed with the probiotic drink alone and the ones fed with a higher proportion of AYB. The study concluded that probioticated African yam bean drink exhibited health-promoting effect in vivo on the experimental animals and hence could be used as probiotic drink.
Mohammad Mehdi Hassanpour; Anousheh Sharifan; Afshin Akhondzadeh basti
Volume 2, Issue 3 , December 2019, , Pages 16-22
Abstract
The World Health Organization's Food Safety Unit has given high priority to study fermentation as a technique for food preparation and preservation because in developing countries one-tenth of under-five children die from dehydration. Loss of water is mainly due to the spreading of diarrhea, and the ...
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The World Health Organization's Food Safety Unit has given high priority to study fermentation as a technique for food preparation and preservation because in developing countries one-tenth of under-five children die from dehydration. Loss of water is mainly due to the spreading of diarrhea, and the cause of diarrhea are foods that do not meet the standards of hygiene, the health standard of a food is based on the process and conditions of the raw material, and lactic fermentation of food as a standard process has been known to reduce the risk of growth of foodborne pathogens. In this study, the effect of a probiotic strain of Lactobacillus fermentum on the growth of Escherichia coli O111 during yogurt storage was evaluated. Different conditions were used in this study: concentration of L. fermentum at three levels and E. coli O111 at one level. In probiotic yogurt, the L. fermentum count and E. coli O111 count, pH, acidity, and syneresis were evaluated. The results showed that the total count of E. coli O111 in the control sample was higher than the probiotic samples. Probiotic bacteria also decreased during the storage period. The results indicate that probiotic yogurt had antimicrobial properties during storage. Syneresis characteristics also showed that the control sample had more syneresis than the other samples. The results of this study showed that L. fermentum has antimicrobial potential in dairy products
