@article{ajfst2015333,
author={{Aslam, Fathima Hajara and Wansapala, Jagath and Perera, Manel},
title={Combining Different Types of Prebiotic Plant Isolates Toward, Enhancing the Growth of Probiotic Organisms},
journal={American Journal of Food Science and Technology},
volume={3},
number={3},
pages={67--73},
year={2015},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajfst/3/3/3},
issn={2333-4835},
abstract={The growth stimulatory effect produced by combining different sources of prebiotics i.e; Fiber isolates from <i>Musa</i> sp pseudostem, polyphenol extracts from <i>Sesbania grandiflora</i> flower petal and non-digestible polysaccharide extracts from <i>Artocarpus heterophyllus</i><i> </i>seed were assessed against probiotic organisms, <i>Lactobacillus acidophilus</i> and <i>Bifidobacterium animalis </i>subsp. <i>lactis</i> BB-12 <i>in vitro</i> in liquid cultures. Different combinations were formulated by integrating the three sources of prebiotics at two different levels i.e; fibre (0.2% and 2%), polyphenol extracts (0.2% and 0.6%) and non-digestible polysaccharide extracts (0.2% and 1.2%) to obtain eight treatments. The formulation which consisted 2% fibre, 0.2% polyphenol and 0.2% non-digestible polysaccharide was able to promote significant biomass increment in <i>Lactobacillus acidophilus</i>, while the treatment consisting 2% fibre, 0.6% polyphenol and 0.2% non-digestible polysaccharide demonstrated highest proliferation for <i>Bifidobacterium animalis</i> subsp. <i>lactis </i>BB-12 <i>in vitro</i> which were statistically different (<i>p</i>&lt;0.05) than other formulations.},
doi={10.12691/ajfst-3-3-3}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}