Postbiotics as a Safe Alternative to Live Probiotic Bacteria in the Food and Pharmaceutical Industries
Aziz Homayouni Rad, Leili Aghebati‐Maleki, Hossein Samadi Kafil, Amin Abbasi, Nader Khani
Abstract
Background and Aim: Food is the fundamental need of human life and has nutrients that support growth and health. Gastrointestinal tract microbiota includes beneficial microorganisms which have therapeutic effects and are known as probiotics. The studies on appropriate probiotic strains have led to the separation and identification of specific metabolic byproducts of probiotics known as postbiotics.
Topics & Concepts
ProbioticMedicineFood scienceBacteriaBiotechnologyBiologyGeneticsProbiotics and Fermented FoodsMicrobial Metabolites in Food BiotechnologyFood composition and properties