Ivana Cabarkapa

INTRODUCTIONSaccharomyces boulardii as a probiotic yeast“Probiotics” were first conceptualized at the start of the 20th century by Elie Metchnikoff’s discovery of the immunological benefit of lactic acid bacteria in fermented milk. Today, lactobacilli and bifidobacteria are among the most important and widely consumed probiotics (Table 1). Species from other bacterial genera such ...

INTRODUCTION Aspergillus flavus, A. parasiticus, A. nominus and a few other Aspergilli which produce aflatoxins (AFs) are closely related omnipresent microfungi that contaminate seeds and plant debris of many crops in the field during harvest, storage, and processing (Cvetnic & Pepeljnjak, 2007).Aflatoxins are a group of carcinogenic my cotoxins causing various acute and chronic intoxications ...