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Prebiotics
Development and Application
Bob Rastall (Edited by), GR Gibson (Author), Glenn Gibson (Edited by)
9780470023136, Wiley
Hardback, published 7 April 2006
264 pages
25.2 x 17.4 x 2.1 cm, 0.652 kg
"…a valuable addition to the literature and recommended for libraries supporting food and pharmaceutical microbiology." (Journal of the Agricultural & Food Information, January 2008) "…they have assembled a surprisingly uniform book that progresses through the topic of prebiotics in an orderly and organized fashion." (Doody's Health Services)
The prebiotic concept works on the basis that many potentially health-promoting microorganisms are already present in humans. Prebiotics are non-digestible food ingredients that stimulate activity in targeted microorganisms, to improve the health of the individual. Prebiotics can be incorporated into many foodstuffs such as beverages, health and sports drinks, infant formulae, cereals, bread, savoury products and so forth, and are receiving much commercial interest. Prebiotics: Development and Application is the first book to consolidate research in this emerging area of 'functional food' study. The book takes a broad view approach to prebiotics, from the conceptual stage, definition, production, evaluation of individual food products and their effect on microbial flora, and their potential relation to diseases. The book starts with an introduction to the prebiotic concept and its development, proceeds to consider the synthesis and manufacture of prebiotics and testing for prebiotic effects, and will then consider different forms of prebiotics (e.g. fructans, galactans, lactulose etc). The book will then look at prebiotic intervention for improving human health (acute and chronic disorders) and animal health. The book closes by considering the sectors for prebiotic foods, development and commercialisation issues, and future developments.
List of Contributors vii 1 Human Colonic Microbiology and the Role of Dietary Intervention: Introduction to Prebiotics 1 2 Manufacture of Prebiotic Oligosaccharides 29 3 Inulin-type Fructans as Prebiotics 57 4 Galacto-oligosaccharides as Prebiotics 101 5 Emerging Prebiotic Carbohydrates 111 6 Molecular Microbial Ecology of the Human Gut 135 7 Dietary Intervention for Improving Human Health: Acute Disorders 157 8 Dietary Intervention for Improving Human Health: Chronic Disorders 181 9 Extra Intestinal Effects of Prebiotics and Probiotics 201 10 Prebiotic Impacts on Companion Animals 213 11 Prebiotics: Past, Present and Future 237 Index 249
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Subject Areas: Chemistry [PN]
