Overview

A comprehensive overview on the advances in the field, this volume presents the science underpinning the probiotic and prebiotic effects, the latest in vivo studies, the technological issues in the development and manufacture of these types of products, and the regulatory issues involved. It will be a useful reference for both scientists and technologists working in academic and governmental institutes, and the industry.

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Author:   Dimitris Charalampopoulos ,  Robert A. Rastall
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2009 ed.
ISBN:  

9780387790596

ISBN 10:   0387790594
Pages:   1262
Publication Date:   20 July 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Mixed media product
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

1 Using probiotics and prebiotics to manage the gastrointestinal tract ecosystem 2 Molecular tools for investigating the gut microflora 3 Post-genomics approaches towards monitoring changes within the microbial ecology of the gut 4 Designing trials for testing the efficacy of pre- pro- and synbiotics 5 Mechanisms of prebiotic impact on health 6 Fructan prebiotics derived from inulin 7 Galacto-oligosaccharide prebiotics 8 Prebiotic potential of xylo-oligosaccharides 9 Resistant starch and starch-derived oligosaccharides as prebiotics 10 Oligosaccharides derived from sucrose 11 Prebiotic potential of polydextrose 12 Prebiotics in companion and livestock animal nutrition 13 Analysis of prebiotic oligosaccharides 14 Manufacture of prebiotics from biomass sources 15 Taxonomy of probiotic microorganisms 16 Ecological interactions of bacteria in the human gut 17 Genomics of probiotic bacteria 18 Manufacture of probiotic bacteria 19 Some technological challenges in the addition of probiotic bacteria to foods 20 Micro-encapsulation of probiotics 21 Probiotics and antibiotic-associated diarrhea and clostridium difficile infection 22 Probiotics for infectious diarrhea and traveler's diarrhea - What do we really know? 23 Immunological effects of probiotics and their significance to human health 24 Probiotics and chronic gastrointestinal disease 25 Probiotics and allergy 26 Potential protective effects of probiotics and prebiotics against colorectal cancer 27 Urogential applications of probiotic bacteria 28 Prebiotics and probiotics and oral health 29 Development of mucosal vaccines based on lactic acid bacteria 30 Application of pre- and probiotics in livestock 31 Safety assesment of probiotics

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From the reviews: The first volume starts with general contributions on the use of pre- and probiotics to manage the gastrointestinal tract ecosystem and the molecular tools that are available nowadays to monitor changes within the microbial ecology of the gut, whether those changes are inflicted by pre- and probiotics ! . Volume 2 opens with the ecological interaction of bacteria within the human colon. ! Overall, this is a very extensive survey of the current knowledge on science and technology of probiotics and prebiotics. (K. Venema, Beneficial Microbes, Vol. 1 (3), September, 2010)

From the reviews: The first volume starts with general contributions on the use of pre- and probiotics to manage the gastrointestinal tract ecosystem and the molecular tools that are available nowadays to monitor changes within the microbial ecology of the gut, whether those changes are inflicted by pre- and probiotics ! . Volume 2 opens with the ecological interaction of bacteria within the human colon. ! Overall, this is a very extensive survey of the current knowledge on science and technology of probiotics and prebiotics. (K. Venema, Beneficial Microbes, Vol. 1 (3), September, 2010)

From the reviews: The first volume starts with general contributions on the use of pre- and probiotics to manage the gastrointestinal tract ecosystem and the molecular tools that are available nowadays to monitor changes within the microbial ecology of the gut, whether those changes are inflicted by pre- and probiotics ... . Volume 2 opens with the ecological interaction of bacteria within the human colon. ... Overall, this is a very extensive survey of the current knowledge on science and technology of probiotics and prebiotics. (K. Venema, Beneficial Microbes, Vol. 1 (3), September, 2010)

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