Health Benefits and Food Applications
edited by Susan Sungsoo Cho
The Handbook of Prebiotics and Probiotics Ingredients: Health Benefits and Food Applications explores probiotics and prebiotics, which alone and together, have been proven to promote gastrointestinal health and proper immune function. It discusses finding not only the right combinations, but also finding those that are fully compatible with the formulation, processing, packaging, and distribution of functional foods.
The book also describes the prebiotic, probiotic, and synbiotic applications in use today as well as those currently being studied. The book first examines the sources of prebiotics and probiotics and then describes the physiological functions of both products. The book covers promising applications for a plethora of disorders, including inflammatory bowel disease, pediatric diarrhea, cancer, and various chronic diseases.
Features:
- Provides up-to-date information on research findings for each prebiotic and probiotic ingredient
- Discusses practical issues such as food applications, processing, and formulations
- Examines sources and physiological functions of prebiotics and probiotics
- Explores a range of treatment applications
Contents
- Analysis of Dietary Fiber and Nondigestible Carbohydrates
Sources of Prebiotics
- Short-Chain Fructo-Oligosaccharide: A Low Molecular Weight Fructan
- Inulin and Oligosaccharides: A Special Focus on Human Studies
- Galacto-Oligosaccharides
- Functional Disaccharides: Lactulose, Lactitol, and Lactose
- Natural Resistant Starches as Prebiotics and Synbiotics
- AGE, ALE, RAGE, and Disease—A Food Perspective
Sources of Probiotics
- Lactic Acid Bacteria and Plant Fibers: Treatment in Acute and Chronic Human Disease
- Probiotics: Recent Human Studies Using Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota
Physiological Functions of Prebiotics and Probiotics
- Prebiotics and Lipid Metabolism
- Fermentation of Prebiotics and Short-Chain Fatty Acid Production
- Probiotics and Prebiotics in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Prebiotics and Probiotics in Pediatric Diarrheal Disorders
- Anticarcinogenic Effects of Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Synbiotics
- Prebiotics and Probiotics in Infant Formulae
- Probiotics and Prebiotics in Elderly Individuals
- Prebiotics and Probiotics in Companion Animal Nutrition
- Probiotics: Potential Pharmaceutical Applications
Index
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