A Holistic Review on Synbiotics
N Santhi Priya *
Department of Pharmaceutics, Vignan Pharmacy College, Vadlamudi, Guntur-522213, Andhra Pradesh, India.
P Siva Krishna
Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Vignan Pharmacy College, Vadlamudi, Guntur-522213, Andhra Pradesh, India.
N Bindu Naga Sirisha
Department of Pharmaceutics, Vignan Pharmacy College, Vadlamudi, Guntur-522213, Andhra Pradesh, India.
L Sandya
Department of Pharmaceutics, Vignan Pharmacy College, Vadlamudi, Guntur-522213, Andhra Pradesh, India.
P Devi
Department of Pharmaceutics, Vignan Pharmacy College, Vadlamudi, Guntur-522213, Andhra Pradesh, India.
P. Srinivasa Babu
Department of Pharmaceutics, Vignan Pharmacy College, Vadlamudi, Guntur-522213, Andhra Pradesh, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The human health depends on various factors and various useful bacteria present in the body. The beneficial intestine bacteria have numerous and important functions, e.g., they produce various nutrients for their host, prevent infections caused by intestinal pathogens and modulate a normal immunological response. The synbiotics are the combination of prebiotics and probiotics which enhances the growth of the action of the beneficial bacteria. This review highlights the synbiotics, and role of synbiotics in various disease.
Keywords: Synbiotics, prebiotics, probiotics