Authors : Kh. Azizpour and A. Esmaili
Abstract: Probiotic lactic acid bacteria were grown on erythritol, xylitol, sorbitol or lactitol and produced various derivatives: gal-erythritol, gal-xylitol and gal-sorbitol as prebiotics. Galactosyl derivatives of erythritol, xylitol and sorbitol were metabolised by Lactobacillus sp. This resulted in their antagonistic activity against the test microflora. No activity was observed in the presence of xylitol and erythritol. Gal-sorbitol obtained by enzymatic transglycosylation from lactose had the same abilities of inducing the antagonistic activity of lactic acid bacteria that lactitol had.
Kh. Azizpour and A. Esmaili , 2008. Interaction of Probiotic Bacteria with Pathogens of Enterobacteriacae Family . Research Journal of Biological Sciences, 3: 315-318.