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Prebiotics and Probiotics Science and Technology

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  • © 2009

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Editors:
  1. Dimitris Charalampopoulos

    1. Department of Food Biosciences, University of Reading Whiteknights, Reading, UK

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  2. Robert A. Rastall

    1. Department of Food Biosciences, University of Reading Whiteknights, Reading, UK

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Prebiotic and Probiotic Science and Technology provides a comprehensive overview on the advances in the field of prebiotics and probiotics. 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 is structured so that it covers all aspects of the topics in a logical manner, avoiding replication. This book will be a useful reference for both scientists and technologists working in academic and governmental institutes, and the industry.

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Table of contents (31 entries)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Using Probiotics and Prebiotics to Manage the Gastrointestinal Tract Ecosystem

    • Randal Buddington
    Pages 1-31

  3. Molecular Tools for Investigating the Gut Microbiota

    • Christophe Lay
    Pages 33-78

  4. Post-Genomics Approaches towards Monitoring Changes within the Microbial Ecology of the Gut

    • Kieran M. Tuohy, Leticia Abecia, Eddie R. Deaville, Francesca Fava, Annett Klinder, Qing Shen
    Pages 79-110

  5. Designing Trials for Testing the Efficacy of Pre- Pro- and Synbiotics

    • Stephen Lewis, Charlotte Atkinson
    Pages 111-134

  6. Mechanisms of Prebiotic Impact on Health

    • H. Steed, S. Macfarlane
    Pages 135-161

  7. Fructan Prebiotics Derived from Inulin

    • Douwina Bosscher
    Pages 163-205

  8. Galacto-Oligosaccharide Prebiotics

    • George Tzortzis, Jelena Vulevic
    Pages 207-244

  9. Prebiotic Potential of Xylo-Oligosaccharides

    • H. Mäkeläinen, M. Juntunen, O. Hasselwander
    Pages 245-258

  10. Resistant Starch and Starch-Derived Oligosaccharides as Prebiotics

    • A. Adam-Perrot, L. Gutton, L. Sanders, S. Bouvier, C. Combe, R. Van Den Abbeele et al.
    Pages 259-291

  11. Oligosaccharides Derived from Sucrose

    • Pierre F. Monsan, Francois Ouarné
    Pages 293-336

  12. Prebiotic Potential of Polydextrose

    • Julian D. Stowell
    Pages 337-352

  13. Prebiotics in Companion and Livestock Animal Nutrition

    • Kathleen A. Barry, Brittany M. Vester, George C. Fahey Jr
    Pages 353-463

  14. Analysis of Prebiotic Oligosaccharides

    • M. L. Sanz, A. I. Ruiz-Matute, N. Corzo, I. Martínez-Castro
    Pages 465-534

  15. Manufacture of Prebiotics from Biomass Sources

    • Patricia Gullón, Beatriz Gullón, Andrés Moure, José Luis Alonso, Herminia Domínguez, Juan Carlos Parajó
    Pages 535-589

  16. Taxonomy of Probiotic Microorganisms

    • Giovanna E. Felis, Franco Dellaglio, Sandra Torriani
    Pages 591-637

  17. Ecological Interactions of Bacteria in the Human Gut

    • Gwen Falony, Luc De Vuyst
    Pages 639-679

  18. Genomics of Probiotic Bacteria

    • Sarah O’Flaherty, Yong Jun Goh, Todd R. Klaenhammer
    Pages 681-723

  19. Manufacture of Probiotic Bacteria

    • J. A. Muller, R. P. Ross, G. F. Fitzgerald, C. Stanton
    Pages 725-759

  20. Some Technological Challenges in the Addition of Probiotic Bacteria to Foods

    • Claude P. Champagne
    Pages 761-804
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“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)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Food Biosciences, University of Reading Whiteknights, Reading, UK

    Dimitris Charalampopoulos, Robert A. Rastall

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