Cancer-preventing attributes of probiotics: an update

• Published in: International journal of food sciences and nutrition Vol. 61; no. 5; pp. 473 - 496
• Main Authors: Kumar, Manoj, Kumar, Ashok, Nagpal, Ravinder, Mohania, Dheeraj, Behare, Pradip, Verma, Vinod, Kumar, Pramod, Poddar, Dev, Aggarwal, P. K., Henry, C. J. K., Jain, Shalini, Yadav, Hariom
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Informa UK Ltd 01.08.2010; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Animals; Anticarcinogenic Agents - pharmacology; Anticarcinogenic Agents - therapeutic use; Cancer; Carcinogens; Enzymes; Food science; functional food; Gram-positive bacteria; Humans; Mortality; Neoplasms - prevention & control; Neoplasms, Experimental - chemically induced; Neoplasms, Experimental - prevention & control; prebiotics; Probiotics; Probiotics - pharmacology; Probiotics - therapeutic use; Public health; synbiotics

Cancer is a serious global public health problem. Cancer incidence and mortality have been steadily rising throughout the past century in most places of the world. There are several epidemiological evidences that support a protective role of probiotics against cancer. Lactic acid bacteria and their...