APPLICATION phycocyanin, purified or the form in which they are present in cyanobacterial microalgae or extracts thereof, as a prebiotic to improve the viability probiotic cultures and products, their survival in the gastrointestinal tract and ability to fight pathogens and common properties, improves health

摘要

The use of probiotics has become very widespread as a way to sustain gastrointestinal and general health. However, not all probiotic bacteria are effective, due to poor viability, inability to survive the gastrointestinal passage, to kill pathogens and colonize the gut. That is why pre-biotic substances are usually added to sustain, nourish, protect probiotic bacteria, make them stronger and increase their overall health-enhancing properties. We have found, for the first time, that phycocyanins from cyanobacterial algae, added to the culturing of probiotic or to probiotic products, are very effective as prebiotics, being able to strengthen probiotic bacteria's viability, resistance, pathogens-fighting ability and overall ability of probiotics to sustain human and animal health.