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Vaginal Health
Improved Prebiotic.
Patent
Patent Code: WO2005/111195 and PCT/GB2005/001888.
Al-Ghazzewi, F. and Tester, R. F. (2005) Improved Prebiotic. WO2005/111195 and PCT/GB2005/001888.
Glucomannan hydrolysate (GMH) inhibition of Candida albicans growth in the presence of Lactobacillus and Lactococcus species.
Journal article
Patent Code: Not applicable.
Sutherland, A., Tester, R. F., Al-Ghazzewi, F., McCulloch, E. and Connolly, M. (2008) Glucomannan hydrolysate (GMH) inhibition of Candida albicans growth in the presence of Lactobacillus and Lactococcus species. Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease 20, 127-134.
The use of glucomannan hydrolysates to recover healthy microbiota in infected vaginas treated with an antifungal agent.
Journal article
Patent Code: Not applicable.
Tester, R., Al-Ghazzewi, F., Shen, N., Chen, Z., Chen, F., Yang, J., Zhang, D. and Tang, M. (2012) The use of glucomannan hydrolysates to recover healthy microbiota in infected vaginas treated with an antifungal agent. Beneficial Microbes 3(1), 61-66.
Biotherapeutic agents and vaginal health
Journal article
Patent Code: Not applicable.
Al-Ghazzewi, F.H. and Tester, R.F. (2016) Biotherapeutic agents and vaginal health. Journal of Applied Microbiology 121, 18-27.
Beneficial health characteristics of native and hydrolysed konjac (Amorphophallus konjac) glucomannan.
Review article
Patent Code: Not applicable.
Tester, R.F, and Al-Ghazzewi, A.H. (2016) Beneficial health characteristics of native and hydrolysed konjac (Amorphophallus konjac) glucomannan. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 96, 3283-3291.
Inhibition of the adhesion of Escherichia coli to human epithelial cells by carbohydrates.
Journal article
Patent Code: Not applicable.
Al-Ghazzewi, F. H. and Tester, R. F. (2014) Inhibition of the adhesion of Escherichia coli to human epithelial cells by carbohydrates. Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre 4, 1-5.