Phytobiotics are ascribed to preparations of plant
origin and their phytochemical constituents, positively
effecting animal intestinal microfiora. The activity of
phytochemical substances in the food of plant origin is
related to the suppression of degenerative processes in the
organism. It depends on the antioxidative properties,
stimulation of detoxicative enzymes activity, effect on
cellular functions, incorporation of some excessive
substances, and the effect on the intestinal microfiora.
Plant phytochemical substances are able to bind
cholesterol, to decrease its resorbtion and remove it from
the organism; they are also distinguished for
secretomotorical and secretolytic properties, can enhance
immune system, destroy pathogenic microñora, and
decrease concentration of ammonia and sulphuretted
hydrogen in animal organism