Description
Book SynopsisThe 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.
Trade Review"…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)
Table of ContentsList of Contributors.
1. Human Colonic Microbiology and the Role of Dietary Intervention: Introduction to Prebiotics (C.L. Vernazza, B.A. Rabiu and G.R. Gibson).
2. Manufacture of Prebiotic Oligosaccharides (T. Casci and R.A. Rastall).
3. Inulin-type Fructans as Prebiotics (J. Van Loo).
4. Galacto-oligosaccharides as Prebiotics (R.A. Rastall).
5. Emerging Prebiotic Carbohydrates (R. Crittenden).
6. Molecular Microbial Ecology of the Human Gut (K.M. Tuohy and A.L. McCartney).
7. Dietary Intervention for Improving Human Health: Acute Disorders (W. Brück).
8. Dietary Intervention for Improving Human Health: Chronic Disorders (N.R. Bullock and M.R. Jones).
9. Extra Intestinal Effects of Prebiotics and Probiotics (G. Reid).
10. Prebiotic Impacts on Companion Animals (K.S. Swanson and G.C. Fahey Jr.).
11. Prebiotics: Past, Present and Future (J. Leach, R.A. Rastall and G.R. Gibson).
Index.
