Orange Juice and Yogurt Carrying Probiotic GBI-30 6086: Impact of Intake on Wistar Male Rats Health Parameters and Gut Bacterial Diversity.

This study aimed to investigate the impact of the food matrix (orange juice and yogurt) on the effects of the spore-forming probiotic microorganism GBI-30 6086 in health parameters and gastrointestinal tract (gut) bacterial diversity in male rats. Rats ( = 48) were randomly distributed into six groups. The groups were the Control (which received sterile distilled water), Juice (which received orange juice), Yogurt (which received yogurt), Probiotic (which received GBI-30 6086 in distilled water), Probiotic Juice (which received orange juice with GBI-30 6086), and Probiotic Yogurt (which received yogurt with GBI-30 6086).

Paraprobiotics obtained by six different inactivation processes: impacts on the biochemical parameters and intestinal microbiota of Wistar male rats.

This study investigated the effects of feeding paraprobiotics obtained by six processes [heat, ultrasound, high pH, low pH, irradiation and supercritical carbon dioxide (CO)] on biochemical parameters and intestinal microbiota of Wistar male rats. Daily administration of paraprobiotics did not affect ( ≥ 0.05) the food intake, body weight, glucose and triglycerides levels, expression of antioxidant enzymes or thermal shock proteins in comparison to the control.

Wheat-durum pasta added of inactivated decreases glucose and total cholesterol levels and modulates gut microbiota in healthy rats.

This study investigated the effects of consumption of wheat-durum pasta added of inactivated by gamma-irradiation (paraprobiotic) on health and gut microbiota of rats. Twenty-one male rats were divided into three groups as follow: control (Control) receiving standard diet; pasta control (PC) receiving diet containing pasta, and paraprobiotic pasta irradiated (PPBI), receiving paraprobiotic pasta. The serum levels of glucose and total cholesterol were reduced ( < 0.