Prebiotics and Probiotics Science and Technology

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

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.

• food science
• food technology
• prebiotic science
• prebiotics
• probiotics

From the reviews:

“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)

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

  Dimitris Charalampopoulos, Robert A. Rastall

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