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Record Nr.

UNINA9910863110903321

Titolo

Advances in Probiotics for Sustainable Food and Medicine / / edited by Gunjan Goel, Ashok Kumar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Springer Singapore, 2021

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021

ISBN

981-15-6795-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 240 p. 14 illus., 10 illus. in color.)

Collana

Microorganisms for Sustainability, , 2512-1898 ; ; 21

Disciplina

615.329

Soggetti

Bacteria

Food - Microbiology

Microbial genetics

Food Microbiology

Microbial Genetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Probiotics and their potential applications: An Introduction -- Chapter 2. Sources and Selection criteria of probiotics -- Chapter 3. Indigenous fermented foods as a potential source of probiotic foods -- Chapter 4. Prebiotics for Probiotics -- Chapter 5. Probiotics as live biotherapeutics: prospects and perspectives -- Chapter 6. Probiotics as functional foods -- Chapter 7. Probiotics in Livestock and Poultry Nutrition and Health -- Chapter 8. Probiotics for Human Health. Chapter 9. Influence of probiotics over AMPK-dependent health activity: a look into its molecular mechanisms -- Chapter 10. Metabolic engineering approaches for improvement of probiotics functionality.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on probiotics as sustainable foods and medicines, discussing issues such as screening and identification of probiotics, health claims, and advances in processing technologies, as well as food safety. Based on sound scientific research, the book is a unique reference resource for food scientists interested in development of probiotic based functional foods and their marketing. It will also appeal to those working in the area of regulations regarding the use of and health claims for fermented foods, both locally and globally.