Health Promoting and Disease Preventing Properties of Probiotics with Special Reference to Lactobacillus: A Review

Ishaq Muhammad^*, Anum Ali Ahmad and Tariq Shah

State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

^*Corresponding Author: Ishaq Muhammad, State Key laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China, Tel: 008613008760771 Email:

Keywords: Probiotics; Lactobacilli; Health benefits; Early history

Introduction