Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 89, Issue 8 , Pages 2873-2881 , August 2006

Immunomodulatory Effects of Polysaccharides Produced by Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus OLL1073R-1

  • S. Makino

      Affiliations

    • Food Science Institute, Meiji Dairies Corp., 540 Naruda, Odawara, Kanagawa 250-0862, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • S. Ikegami

      Affiliations

    • Food Science Institute, Meiji Dairies Corp., 540 Naruda, Odawara, Kanagawa 250-0862, Japan
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  • H. Kano

      Affiliations

    • Food Science Institute, Meiji Dairies Corp., 540 Naruda, Odawara, Kanagawa 250-0862, Japan
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  • T. Sashihara

      Affiliations

    • Food Science Institute, Meiji Dairies Corp., 540 Naruda, Odawara, Kanagawa 250-0862, Japan
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  • H. Sugano

      Affiliations

    • Food Science Institute, Meiji Dairies Corp., 540 Naruda, Odawara, Kanagawa 250-0862, Japan
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  • H. Horiuchi

      Affiliations

    • Research and Development Center, Meiji Dairies Corp., 540 Naruda, Odawara, Kanagawa 250-0862, Japan
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  • T. Saito

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Animal Products Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Japan
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  • M. Oda

      Affiliations

    • Food Science Institute, Meiji Dairies Corp., 540 Naruda, Odawara, Kanagawa 250-0862, Japan

Received 23 November 2005 ,Accepted 20 February 2006.

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PII: S0022-0302(06)72560-7

doi: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72560-7

Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 89, Issue 8 , Pages 2873-2881 , August 2006