Authors: G Vanaja Velitchka Gotcheva Angel Angelov Renu Agrawal
Publish Date: 2010/10/30
Volume: 48, Issue: 1, Pages: 110-113
Abstract
Probiotics are the microorganisms that impart therapeutic effect and promote health by preventing various diseases In the present work the volatile compounds were studied in the native isolate Lactobacillus plantarum LP and after adaptation to resist gastro intestinal tract GIT conditions which was coded as LPcfr A number of therapeutically important compounds were present in LPcfr like butanediol 25 and propionic acid 28 which were not found in LP Hexadecane 3 butanoic acid 2 dodecanal 2 hexanal 75 hexadecanoic acid 4 and heptanal 6 were found in higher concentrations in LPcfr as compared to the parent strain LP Production of oleic acid LP192 LPcfr 335 known for reducing blood cholesterol and linoleic acid LPcfr 23 and a conjugated fatty acid known as a novel beneficial functional lipid was noticed Linoleic acid was absent in LP These important fatty acids were found in larger quantities in the probiotic adapted culture strain LPcfr as compared to the parent strain LPAuthors thank Prakash V Director CFTRI for his encouragement and Umesh Kumar S Head Department of Food Microbiology CFTRI Mysore for providing the facilities Authors are thankful to the Department of Science and Technology Govt of India and Govt of Bulgaria for providing an opportunity to work under Bilateral Collaborative Programme
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