Evaluation of the hypoglycemic effect of probiotics via directly consuming glucose in intestines of STZ-induced diabetic mice and glucose water-induced diabetic mice

Diabetes has steadily increased in the past few decades and causes huge influences on human health care and socioeconomic development, and drugs with minimal or no side effects for diabetes are imminent. In the present study, probiotic combination containing five selected probiotics were used to treat diabetes, the high glucose consumption capability and sound probiotic characteristics in vitro showed that the probiotics could consume all glucose within 24 h, and could tolerate low potential of hydrogen (pH) (pH = 2) and high bile salt concentration (0.3%), and they also had sound oxidation resistance [2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH),∙O2−, OH, Fe2+ chelation, and the reducing powers] and antibacterial activity, highly adhere to HT-29 cells and markedly reduced the chance for pathogens to adhere to HT-29 cell (p