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Probiotics are microorganisms that are believed to provide health benefits when consumed.

The term probiotic is currently used to name ingested microorganisms associated with benefits for humans and animals.

The term came into more common use after 1980.

The introduction of the concept is generally attributed to Nobel laureate Élie Metchnikoff, who postulated that yogurt-consuming Bulgarian peasants lived longer lives because of this custom.

He suggested in 1907 that "the dependence of the intestinal microbes on the food makes it possible to adopt measures to modify the flora in our bodies and to replace the harmful microbes by useful microbes".

A significant expansion of the potential market for probiotics has led to higher requirements for scientific substantiation of putative benefits conferred by the microorganisms.

A dietary supplement is intended to provide nutrients that may otherwise not be consumed in sufficient quantities.

Laxative (purgatives, aperients) are substances that loosen stools and increase bowel movements.

They are used to treat and prevent constipation.

Digestion is the breakdown of large insoluble food molecules into small water-soluble food molecules so that they can be absorbed into the watery blood plasma.

In certain organisms, these smaller substances are absorbed through the small intestine into the blood stream.

Digestion is a form of catabolism that is often divided into two processes based on how food is broken down: mechanical and chemical digestion.

The term mechanical digestion refers to the physical breakdown of large pieces of food into smaller pieces which can subsequently be accessed by digestive enzymes.

In chemical digestion, enzymes break down food into the small molecules the body can use.

Adenosine monophosphate (AMP), also known as 5'-adenylic acid, is a nucleotide that is used as a monomer in RNA.

It is an ester of phosphoric acid and the nucleoside adenosine, which does not have the typical high energy bond of the so called adenosine monophosphate ("AMP") that arises on the hydrolysis of ATP.

AMP consists of a phosphate group, the sugar ribose, and the nucleobase adenine.

As a substituent it takes the form of the prefix adenylyl-.