Presently, there is no information on the impact of alginate
combined with plant extracts for enhancing survival of probiotics
in foods and beverages. Maisuthisakul, Suttajit, and Pongsawatmanit,
(2007) and Siriwatanametanon, FiebichEfferthPrieto,
and Heinrich (2010) reported that some Thai indigenous plants
exhibited a potential for use as natural antioxidants, since their
extracts contained high contents of total phenolic compounds and
flavonoids. Thus, the purpose of this research was to find out the
impact of alginate encapsulation with some Thai plant extracts on
stability of probiotic bacteria including L. casei 01, L. acidophilus