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The use of prebiotics and probiotics in infant formula
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: TS Ackerberg --- Nutrition Information Centre, IL Labuschagne --- Nutrition Information Centre, MJ Lombard --- Nutrition Information Centre,Gastrointestinal flora influences health, but the composition of flora can be changed with prebiotics or probiotics. The addition of probiotics to powdered infant formula has not been demonstrated to be harmful to healthy term infants. However, evidence of clinical efficacy... -
Biocatalytic conversion of inulin and sucrose into short chain oligosaccharides for potential pharmaceutical applications
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Taurai Mutanda --- Discipline of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, South Africa Brendan S. Wilhelmi --- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes, South Africa Chris G. Whiteley --- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes, South AfricaThe production of fructooligosaccharides (FOS) and inulooligosaccharides (IOS) of varying degrees of polymerization (DP) was optimized by orthogonal experimental designs using central composite design (CCD) and response surface methodology (RSM). The FOS produced were quantified and maximal GF2, GF3 and... -
Effects of kelp Ecklonia maxima inclusion in formulated feed on the growth, feed utilisation and gut microbiota of South African abalone Haliotis midae
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: A Nel --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa BI Pletschke --- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, South Africa CLW Jones --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa J Kemp --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa G Robinson --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa PJ Britz --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South AfricaThe effect of kelp Ecklonia maxima inclusion in formulated feeds on abalone growth and gut bacterial communities has not been previously investigated in South Africa. An eight-month on-farm growth trial was conducted with sub-adult Haliotis midae (∼43 mm shell length)...