Systematic Review of Probiotics and Their Potential for Developing Functional Nondairy Foods

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

1)    The English language needs to be improved extensively throughout the manuscript.

2)    Figures are copied and pasted without any explanation; therefore, they need to be clarified.

3)    Examples from the previous study related to probiotics should be explained specifically with proper examples.

4)    Any side effects of probiotics should also be explained in a separate section.

5)    The conclusion is very weak and requires improvement

It need quite a lot of improvement. 

Author Response

• The English language needs to be improved extensively throughout the manuscript.

Thank you for your comments. English was improved.

• Figures are copied and pasted without any explanation; therefore, they need to be clarified.

Thank you for your comments. explanation of figures was included.

• Examples from the previous study related to probiotics should be explained specifically with proper examples.

Thank you for your comments. Examples from the previous study related to probiotics are included in tables 1,2,3, and 4.

• Any side effects of probiotics should also be explained in a separate section.

side effects of probiotics were included.

• The conclusion is very weak and requires improvement

Conclusion was improved.

Reviewer 2 Report

The authors reviewed the various effects of probiotics on antimicrobial activity and immunity, as well as discusses their potential for developing non-dairy functional foods. With the growing interests in this research field, this review is timely important by guiding future knowledge applications in practices. I have some minor comments below;

1)        Title: The title should be revised to narrow down its scope. The term "mechanism" is too broad.

2)        Keywords: Please use MeSH keywords.

3)        Figure 1. It should be CFU.

4)        The resolution of the image should be increased to make it clearer.

5)        Table 4. The table appears to be misaligned. Please correct it.

6)        It is recommended to update the references to evaluate the latest research advances in this field.

Author Response

• Title: The title should be revised to narrow down its scope. The term "mechanism" is too broad.

Thank you for your comments. Title was changed.

• Keywords: Please use MeSH keywords.

MeSH keywords were used.

• Figure 1. It should be CFU.

Figure 1 was improved

• The resolution of the image should be increased to make it clearer.

Figure 1 was improved

• Table 4. The table appears to be misaligned. Please correct it.

Table 4 was improved

• It is recommended to update the references to evaluate the latest research advances in this field.

Thank you for your comment. References were added. side effects of probiotics were included.