Biochemical Traits, Survival and Biological Properties of the Probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum Grown in the Presence of Prebiotic Inulin and Pectin as Energy Source.docVIP

Pharmaceuticals 2012, 5, 481-492; doi:10.3390/ph5050481 OPEN ACCESS pharmaceuticals ISSN 1424-8247 /journal/pharmaceuticals Article Biochemical Traits, Survival and Biological Properties of the Probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum Grown in the Presence of Prebiotic Inulin and Pectin as Energy Source Filomena Nazzaro 1,*, Florinda Fratianni 1, Pierangelo Orlando 2 and Raffaele Coppola 1 1 Istituto di Scienze dell’Alimentazione, ISA-CNR,Via Roma 64, 83100, Avellino, Italy; E-Mails: fratianni@r.it (F.F.); direttore@r.it (R.C.) 2 Istituto di Biochimica delle Proteine, IBP-CNR, Via P. Castellino 121