Probiotics: A multifaceted approach to health promotion-from disease prevention to food enrichment and delivery systems.

2025-10-13
AIMS microbiology 11(3)
- Srirengaraj Vijayaram
- Vivekanandan K E
- Sabariswaran Kandasamy
- Hary Razafindralambo
- Einar Ringø
- Yun-Zhang Sun
- Gayathri Kaliyannan

PubMed: 41078550
DOI: 10.3934/microbiol.2025026

Study Design

Type: Review
Methods: This manuscript addresses the multifaceted uses of probiotics in medicinal, food, and cosmetic industries, emphasizing new encapsulation techniques that improve their stability and effectiveness.

Probiotics are living microbes that impart overall health benefits when introduced appropriately. They play important roles in activating the immune system, inhibiting pathogens, balancing gut microbiota, providing relief from inflammatory diseases, and helping prevent chronic conditions such as cancer. In this manuscript, we address the multifaceted uses of probiotics in medicinal, food, and cosmetic industries, emphasizing new encapsulation techniques that improve their stability and effectiveness. Demonstrating their uses in food enrichment, disease prevention, and delivery systems, the manuscript offers valuable recommendations for the use of probiotics in different fields. It also anticipates future directions, such as the invention of new encapsulation techniques, the use of probiotics as personalized nutrition, and the application of their therapeutic benefits to new areas such as metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases. The paper demonstrates the potential of probiotics as promising candidates for the promotion of animal and human health in the modern era.

Research Insights

Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12→Improved Gut Microbiota Balance
Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12... play important roles in... balancing gut microbiota
Effect
Beneficial
Effect size
Moderate
Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12→Improved Immune Function
BB-12 has been associated with immune-modulating effects, including enhanced immune responses.
Effect
Beneficial
Effect size
Small
Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12→Reduced Diarrhea Incidence
Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 has been shown to reduce the incidence of diarrhea in healthy adults and children.
Effect
Beneficial
Effect size
Small
Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12→Reduced Inflammation
Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12... providing relief from inflammatory diseases
Effect
Beneficial
Effect size
Small
Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12→Reduced Pathogen Activity
Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12... inhibiting pathogens
Effect
Beneficial
Effect size
Small
Bifidobacterium bifidum Bb-02→Improved Gut Microbiota Balance
Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12... play important roles in... balancing gut microbiota
Effect
Beneficial
Effect size
Moderate
Bifidobacterium lactis Bb-02→Improved Gut Microbiota Balance
Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12... play important roles in... balancing gut microbiota
Effect
Beneficial
Effect size
Moderate
Bifidobacterium lactis Bb-02→Improved Immune Function
BB-12 has been associated with immune-modulating effects, including enhanced immune responses.
Effect
Beneficial
Effect size
Small
Bifidobacterium plantarum→Improved General Health
Probiotics are living microbes that impart overall health benefits when introduced appropriately. They play important roles in activating the immune system, inhibiting pathogens, balancing gut microbiota, providing relief from inflammatory diseases, and helping prevent chronic conditions such as cancer.
Effect
Beneficial
Effect size
Moderate
Bifidobacterium plantarum→Improved Overall Health
Probiotics are living microbes that impart overall health benefits when introduced appropriately. They play important roles in activating the immune system, inhibiting pathogens, balancing gut microbiota, providing relief from inflammatory diseases, and helping prevent chronic conditions such as cancer.
Effect
Beneficial
Effect size
Small
Lactobacillus salivarius UCC118→Improved Gastrointestinal Health
The paper demonstrates the potential of probiotics as promising candidates for the promotion of animal and human health in the modern era.
Effect
Beneficial
Effect size
Small