MECHANISM OF ACTION OF LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS (UPPER INTESTINAL TRACT):
* ANTIBIOTIC PRODUCTION (ACIDOLIN, LACTOLIN, LACTOCIDIN, ACIDOPHILIN).
* ORGANIC ACID PRODUCTION - ACETIC AND LACTIC ACIDS INHIBIT PATHOGENIC GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA.
* LOWERS THE PH AND HAVE AN OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL WHICH ACTIVATES THE ACIDS, MAKING THEM PARTICULARLY ANTIMICROBIAL.
* AS COMPETITIVE ANTAGONISTS, LACTOBACILLI OUTCOMPETES OTHER BACTERIA FOR ATTACHMENT SITES.
* LACTOBACILLI LIBERATE FREE BILE ACID, THEREBY INFLUENCING THE BALANCE OF EXISTING BACTERIA.