<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Lead is a toxic heavy metal and there is no specific, safe and efficacious therapeutic management of lead toxicity. Scientific literature reported that some probiotic microorganisms alleviated experimentally induced lead toxicity. The present review attempts to collate the experimental studies on probiotics with ameliorative effects. Literature survey revealed that four (4) types of probiotic microorganisms exhibited significant protection from lead toxicity in experimental pre-clinical studies. No clinical study with significant outcome was found in the literature. From the outcomes of the preclinical studies it appears that probiotics are prospective for alleviation and treatment of lead toxicity.</p></abstract>

Lead is a toxic heavy metal and there is no specific, safe and efficacious therapeutic management of lead toxicity. Scientific literature reported that some probiotic microorganisms alleviated experimentally induced lead toxicity. The present review attempts to collate the experimental studies on probiotics with ameliorative effects. Literature survey revealed that four (4) types of probiotic microorganisms exhibited significant protection from lead toxicity in experimental pre-clinical studies. No clinical study with significant outcome was found in the literature. From the outcomes of the preclinical studies it appears that probiotics are prospective for alleviation and treatment of lead toxicity.

Probiotics against alleviation of lead toxicity: recent advances

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Interdisciplinary Toxicology

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Lead is a toxic heavy metal and there is no specific, safe and efficacious therapeutic management of lead toxicity. Scientific literature reported that some...

Probiotics against alleviation of lead toxicity: recent advances

Online veröffentlicht: 20. Feb. 2020

Seitenbereich: 89 - 92

Eingereicht: 19. Sept. 2019

Akzeptiert: 03. Okt. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/intox-2019-0010

Schlüsselwörter
probiotics, lead, lactobacilli, oxidative stress

© 2019 Sanjib Bhattacharya, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Probiotics against alleviation of lead toxicity: recent advances

Online veröffentlicht: 20. Feb. 2020

Seitenbereich: 89 - 92

Eingereicht: 19. Sept. 2019

Akzeptiert: 03. Okt. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/intox-2019-0010

Schlüsselwörterprobiotics, lead, lactobacilli, oxidative stress

© 2019 Sanjib Bhattacharya, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
probiotics, lead, lactobacilli, oxidative stress