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Athanasios Alexopoulos
Researcher at Democritus University of Thrace
Publications - 81
Citations - 2275
Athanasios Alexopoulos is an academic researcher from Democritus University of Thrace. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lactobacillus paracasei & Fermentation. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 76 publications receiving 1805 citations. Previous affiliations of Athanasios Alexopoulos include University of Patras.
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Rainwater harvesting, quality assessment and utilization in Kefalonia Island, Greece
TL;DR: Principal component analysis revealed that microbiological parameters were affected mainly by the cleanness level of catchment areas, while chemical parameters were influenced by the sea proximity and human activities.
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Toxic and essential trace elements in human milk from Greek lactating women: association with dietary habits and other factors.
TL;DR: The results revealed: higher Pb concentration in the samples from urban areas; effect of smoking on Cu level; dietary habits seem to play a role in metal levels in human milk as the logistic regression models revealed.
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Microbiological Exploration of Different Types of Kefir Grains
Stavros Plessas,Chrysanthi Nouska,Ioanna Mantzourani,Yiannis Kourkoutas,Athanasios Alexopoulos,Eugenia Bezirtzoglou +5 more
TL;DR: This review emphasizes the latest outcomes regarding the health benefits of the consumption of foods fermented with kefir grains and particularly the isolation of microorganisms from keFir grains worldwide, some of them exhibiting probiotic properties.
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Antimicrobial activity of essential oils of cultivated oregano (Origanum vulgare), sage (Salvia officinalis), and thyme (Thymus vulgaris) against clinical isolates of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella oxytoca, and Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Maria Fournomiti,Athanasios Kimbaris,Ioanna Mantzourani,Stavros Plessas,Irene Theodoridou,Virginia Papaemmanouil,Ioannis Kapsiotis,Maria Panopoulou,Elisavet Stavropoulou,Eugenia Bezirtzoglou,Athanasios Alexopoulos +10 more
TL;DR: The antimicrobial efficiency of the EOs from oregano, sage, and thyme cultivated under different conditions in a region of NE Greece was studied in comparison to the data available in literature and most efficient were the E Os from thyme followed by those ofOregano.
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Isolation, characterization and evaluation of the probiotic potential of a novel Lactobacillus strain isolated from Feta-type cheese.
Stavros Plessas,Chrysanthi Nouska,Athanasios Karapetsas,Stavros Kazakos,Athanasios Alexopoulos,Ioanna Mantzourani,Pelagia Chondrou,Maria Fournomiti,Alex Galanis,Eugenia Bezirtzoglou +9 more
TL;DR: In the present study 45 lactic acid bacteria strains were isolated from Feta-type cheese and were screened for probiotic potential in a series of established in vitro tests, including resistance to low pH, resistance to pepsin and pancreatin and tolerance to bile salts.