Abstract
The Ceylon Journal of Science is a peer-reviewed journal published quarterly by the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka in March, June, September and December. It is aimed at publishing high quality research articles on topics related to different disciplines in Science. The journal accepts original research articles, book reviews, reviews and mini-reviews, short communications, opinions, research notes, and commentaries and notes. The Journal has its own website https://site.pdn.ac.lk/cjs/. The journal strictly adheres to publication ethics as emphasized by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). It is indexed in Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Google Scholar and Zoological Records. According to the Google Scholar;H5-Index: 12H5-Median: 15According to the Exaly (1970 – 2021);Impact Factor: 0.6 (top 19%)Extended IF: 0.6 (top 19%)H-Index: 8 (top 28%)Citations/paper: 1.42
Highlights
In any part of Sri Lanka, the staple diet composes mainly of rice (FBDG, 2011) with some vegetables and typically a small portion of meat or fish (Jayawardena et al, 2012), or a chicken egg
As discussed in the present review some of the microbes in fermented foods serve as probiotics, and increasing the choice of fermented foods in the Sri Lankan diet increases the chance of getting exposed to probiotics
With the Sri Lankan diet being primarily plant based, it has the potential of being rich in prebiotics because of the high levels of dietary fibre
Summary
In any part of Sri Lanka, the staple diet composes mainly of rice (about 300 – 400 g) (FBDG, 2011) with some vegetables and typically a small portion (about 15 g) of meat or fish (Jayawardena et al, 2012), or a chicken egg (whole or half). The diverse health promoting roles of specific probiotics which can be incorporated to traditional fermented foods are well documented. Gong et al (2018) referring to whole cereal grains explain that they exert their beneficial effects on the health of the host by delivering prebiotics to modulate gut microbiota composition, richness and activities to maintain homeostasis (correct ecological imbalances), and provide substrates to be metabolized into functional microbiota metabolites.
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