益生菌(probiotics)科學為人類健康促進與保健的熱門研究範疇；益生菌藉由定殖於腸腔壁上以維持腸內正常菌叢平衡，避免病原菌過度滋生。益生菌亦具有降低血膽固醇、增進人體腸內與身體免疫作用以及降低癌症發生等功效。益菌素(prebiotics)則能助益益生菌生長，從而導出了結合益生菌、益菌素以及綜合上述二者功效的合益素(synbiotics)的概念。本課程教授學生有關益生菌對人體的健康與重要性的知識，使學生能認識該類菌種並將其應用於日常生活保健之中。
Probiotics are microorganisms beneficial to humans. They suppress the overgrowth of pathogens and maintain the balance of microbiota in intestines via colonization on the gut surface. Other reports include lowering of serum cholesterol, enhancement of gut and systemic immune responses, and reduction of cancer occurrence etc. Moreover, synbiotics are the combination of probiotics and prebiotics, with the benefits of prebiotics helpful to probiotics. Students will learn from this course about the efficacy of probiotics and prebiotics, and apply them in daily life health care.
先修科目Prerequisites
無。
None
教學方式Teaching Methods
評量方式Assessment
出席率、學習態度、期中、學期考試或報告。
參考書目Reference
1.中文教材
2.Salminen, S. Lactic Acid Bacteria:
Microbiology and Functional Aspects. Marcel
Dekker, Inc.
教學進度Course Schedule
2013/09/19 中秋節放假
Public holiday of Mid-Autumn Festival
曾政鴻(Tsen JH) 2013/10/03 益生菌的特性
Characteristics of probiotics
曾政鴻(Tsen JH) 2013/10/17 益生菌的整腸功效
Regulatory efficacy of intestinal disorder of probiotics
曾政鴻(Tsen JH) 2013/10/31 益生菌之降膽固醇功效
Cholesterol-lowering function of probiotics
曾政鴻(Tsen JH) 2013/11/14 益生菌的防癌功效
Cancer-prevention effects of probiotics
曾政鴻(Tsen JH) 2013/11/28 益菌素簡介
Introduction of prebiotics
曾政鴻(Tsen JH) 2013/12/12 合益素介紹
What is a synbiotic
曾政鴻(Tsen JH) 2013/12/26 常見爭議性問題釋疑
Answers to common controversies
曾政鴻(Tsen JH) 2014/01/09 學期考試
Final exam
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