Effect of sodium alginate concentration on characteristic, viability, and antibacterial activity of probiotic-alginate microparticles

• Main Authors: Dewi, Melani Hariyadi, Tutiek, Purwanti
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; Indonesian
• Published: Atom and Cell Publisher 2015
• Subjects: RS Pharmacy and materia medica; RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica; RS200-201 Pharmaceutical dosage forms
• Online Access: http://repository.unair.ac.id/56085/2/wKyW04.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/56085/1/4.%20Peer%20Review%20Effect%20of%20sodium%20alginate%20concentration%20on%20characteristic%2Cviability%2Cand%20Antibacterial%20activity%20of%20probiotic-alginate%20microparticles.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/56085/; http://www.wjpsonline.org/issue.php?id=MjY=

Probiotic (Lactobacillus acidophilus) has been known as an effective antibacterial activity, however storage, high oxygen levels, and gastric acid condition was generally decrease the probiotic viability. To maintain the probiotics’ viability, extrusion technique was selected to produce microparti...