Submandibular Gland - Probiotic yogurts containing Bifidobacterium animalis is very useful and many are found on the market. Bifidobacterium animalis is a commensal bacteria in the digestive tract and has been used both in food and in beverages.
Masanobu Nanno, microbiology researcher at Research Center for Microbiology probiotic beverage company in Japan, said the structure of the human digestive undergone many changes in womb, birth, adulthood, including the microflora in the body (Tan, 2009). According to Todar (2008), there are several types of bacteria whose numbers declined since infancy to adulthood, namely Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus. Gastrointestinal microflora changes occur due to diet, antibiotic use, and the aging process.
Benefit of Probiotic Yogurts
Sour taste caused by fermentation, one of chemical excitatory that will stimulate salivary secretion. Increased secretion of saliva through the flow rate, volume, pH, and viscosity can make the function of saliva in the oral cavity come up (Amerongen, 1991).
Function of saliva in the mouth is to help the digestive process, anti-bacterial, lubrication, maintain fluid balance, regulating the temperature of the oral cavity and the remineralization (Grant, et al., 1988) In addition, saliva contains antimicrobial components and maintain the concentration of calcium phosphate and a high contained in the liquid (Edgar and O Mullane, 1996).
Based on the ideas which have been described in the background of the study, the authors are interested in doing research on the differences in the volume of saliva before and after drinking yogurt containing Bifidobacterium animalis probiotic.
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