A microbial fermentation composition is prepared through after extracting and enzymolyzing selected Edible and medicinal fungi Agaricus blazei, Lentinus edodes, Flammulina velutipes and ginseng of reinforcing vital energy, adding trace elements selenium, zinc and molybdenum, and fermenting and transforming by probiotics. It is demonstrated through experiments of in vitro inhibition of HepGII cells (a liver cancer cell) and Hela cells (a cervical cancer cell) that the fermentation composition formed by probiotic fermentation has significant inhibitory effect on the proliferation of tumor cells. Compared with the non-fermented composition, the fermentation composition has a significantly enhanced inhibitory effect on experimental tumor cells and the difference is significant. The inhibitory effect of the fermentation composition on experimental tumor cells increases with the increase of the concentration.

The present disclosure provides a method for alleviating or suppressing tobacco or nicotine associated withdrawal symptoms and ease smoking cessation in individuals who wish to quit or decrease smoking tobacco or nicotine comprising the use of probiotic microorganisms.

The present invention relates to a Bifidobacterium bifidum inducing regulatory T cells (Treg), a polysaccharide derived from Bifidobacterium bifidum, and a probiotic strain producing a polysaccharide and, more particularly, a polysaccharide containing -1-6-glucan as an effective ingredient, a probiotic strain producing -1-6-glucan, a food comprising the polysaccharide or strain as an effective ingredient for alleviation of immune disease or inflammatory disease, a therapeutic agent comprising the polysaccharide or strain as an effective ingredient for alleviation of immune disease or inflammatory disease, a method for preparing induced regulatory T cells (iTreg) by treatment with the polysaccharide or strain, and a cell therapy product for prevention or treatment of immune disease or inflammatory disease, comprising the induced regulatory T cells prepared by the method.

An object of the present invention is to provide a brain function improving agent for neonates, especially, newborn neonates. According to the present invention, there is provided a brain function improving agent for neonates, comprising a lactic acid bacterium and/or a Bifidobacterium. The brain function improving agent or composition for improving brain function for neonates according to the present invention is advantageous in that the use thereof can improve the developmental quotient without any side effect and also enables effective development and growth of neonates.

The present disclosure relates to novel sialidase enzymes having a preference for cleaving N-glycolylneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc) from glycoconjugates over cleaving N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac). The present disclosure further provides the polypeptide of such novel sialidase and its catalytic pockets; the recombinant host cells expressing the same, as well as the enzymatic, pharmaceutical, and consumable compositions comprising such novel sialidases. Probiotic compositions comprising a bacterium that expresses the sialidase having a preference for Neu5Gc over Neu5Ac, and methods for removing Neu5Gc from consumable products are also provided. Also disclosed are methods for treating or preventing various diseases, disorders, and inflammatory conditions in a subject using the novel sialidases.

The invention relates to a method, compounds and compositions for the secondary prevention, treatment or dietary management of symptomatic and asymptomatic non-intestinal autoimmune diseases in a non-infant human including Sjogren's syndrome and type 1 diabetes. Said method, compounds and compositions for the secondary prevention, treatment or dietary management include human milk oligosaccharide (HMO), preferably mixtures of human milk oligosaccharides selected from the group of 2-FL, LNnT, LNT, DFL, and 6-SL.

The invention relates to a method, compounds and compositions for the secondary prevention, treatment or dietary management of symptomatic and asymptomatic non-intestinal autoimmune diseases in a non-infant human including Sjogren's syndrome and type 1 diabetes. Said method, compounds and compositions for the secondary prevention, treatment or dietary management include human milk oligosaccharide (HMO), preferably mixtures of human milk oligosaccharides selected from the group of 2-FL, LNnT, LNT, DFL, and 6-SL.

Processes for producing a nutritional supplement that contains sulforaphane, and supplements formed thereby. Such a process includes combining a cruciferous vegetable, for example, broccoli sprouts, with strains of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus, and Streptococcus to form a mixture, causing the mixture to undergo lactic acid fermentation, transform a glucosinolate within the cruciferous vegetable to sulforaphane, and yield a fermented mixture that contains sulforaphane, and then producing from the fermented mixture a supplement that can be ingested by an individual.

A sweetener composition comprising xylose, a sugar alcohol and brown seaweed extract in solid form, preferably powdered or crystalline form. The sugar alcohol is preferably an erythritol and the brown seaweed extract is preferably obtained from Laminaria japonica. The sweetener composition can further comprise one or a combination of additional vitamins, minerals, probiotic cultures, and other plant-based extracts.

The present invention describes a process for in situ generation of stable GOS in different dairy products by the use of a transgalactosylating -galactosidase.