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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cho, Susan Sungsoo
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : CRC Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.