L. Saavedra

Centro Científico Tecnológico - Tucumán

Research Areas

• Probiotics and Fermented Foods
• Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides
• Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology
• Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
• Food composition and properties

Health Outcomes Studied

• Improved Gut Microbiota
• Improved Insulin Sensitivity
• Increased Butyrate Levels
• Increased HDL Cholesterol Levels
• Increased Interferon-Gamma Levels
• Reduced Body Weight
• Reduced Interleukin-6 Levels
• Reduced Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha

Papers (4)

• 2020
  Oral administration of Lactobacillus fermentum CRL1446 improves biomarkers of metabolic syndrome in mice fed a high-fat diet supplemented with wheat bran.10.1039/d0fo00730g
• 2020
  New immunobiotics from highly proteolytic Lactobacillus delbrueckii strains: their impact on intestinal antiviral innate immune response.10.3920/bm2019.0198
• 2018
  Draft Genome Sequences of Lactobacillus salivarius A3iob and Lactobacillus johnsonii CRL1647, Novel Potential Probiotic Strains for Honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)10.1128/MRA.00975-18
• 2012
  Genome Sequence of the Bacteriocin-Producing Lactobacillus curvatus Strain CRL70510.1128/JB.06416-11