Handbook of Prebiotics and Probiotics Ingredients : Health Benefits and Food Applications.
The probiotics and prebiotics promote gastrointestinal health and proper immune function. But the challenge faced by researchers is to find those that are compatible with the formulation, processing, packaging, and distribution of functional foods. This title explores these variables and examines th...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken :
CRC Press,
2009.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9781420062151 1420062158 1282336134 9781282336131 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Front cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; The Editors; Contributors; Chapter 1. Analysis of Dietary Fiber and Nondigestible Carbohydrates; PART I: Sources of Prebiotics; Chapter 2. Short-Chain Fructo-Oligosaccharide: A Low Molecular Weight Fructan; Chapter 3. Inulin and Oligosaccharides: A Special Focus on Human Studies; Chapter 4. Galacto-Oligosaccharides; Chapter 5. Functional Disaccharides: Lactulose, Lactitol, and Lactose; Chapter 6. Natural Resistant Starches as Prebiotics and Synbiotics; Chapter 7. AGE, ALE, RAGE, and Disease: A Food Perspective; PART II: Sources of Probiotics.
- Chapter 8. Lactic Acid Bacteria and Plant Fibers: Treatment in Acute and Chronic Human DiseaseChapter 9. Probiotics: Recent Human Studies Using Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota; PART III: Physiological Functions of Prebiotics and Probiotics; Chapter 10. Prebiotics and Lipid Metabolism; Chapter 11. Fermentation of Prebiotics and Short- Chain Fatty Acid Production; Chapter 12. Probiotics and Prebiotics in Inflammato.