Antagonistic action of synbiotic carrot juice against diarrhoea causing organisms
T. Sheela, S. Kulothugan and R. Saravanamuthu
Department of Micro biology A.V.C.College (Autonomous) Mannampandal Mayiladuthurai-609305 Tamil Nadu (India) Department of Botany & Micro biology A.V.V.M. Sri Pushpam College (Autonomous) Poondi-613503 Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu (India) Corresponding author : sheela thillai @gmail.com.
ABSTRACT
This study evaluated that the effect of prêbiotic food containing fructo oligosaccharide to enhance the growth and activity of probiotics strains to select a suitable prebiotics for the development of synbiotic fruit juice. The anti microbial activity of carrot juice probioticated using different strains of probiotics which were Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens, Candida kefir and Saccharomyces boluradii. Anti microbical activites of ‘synbiotic juice could differ in their antagonistic activities against diarrhoeal causing organism which could be due to the metabolite secreted by the lactic acid bacteriocin specially type of organic acids and added inulin as a prebiotic and for food preservation.