[Use of lactusan for the correction of microecological intestinal disturbances in children].

The study demonstrated that lactusan (lactulose) could be used as an effective remedy in dysbacteriosis. Twenty four sick children aged 1 month to 15 years were examined. Administration of lactusan to 21 patients resulted in perceptible improvement of clinical symptoms, mainly to the cessation of diarrhea.

[Medical aspect of food starch].

In the review are considered aspects of food starch such as its relationship with cancer of the large intestine, its absorption, digestion and metabolism, influence of starch on the composition and biochemical characteristics of microbiocenosis.