Probiotic foods in health and disease

"Probiotic Foods in Health and Disease" compiled by leading experts is a blend of fundamental and applied research related to the use of these important organisms in enhancement of human health. The book aims at covering all aspects of the intestinal microflora and offers a comprehensive r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nair, G. Balakrish (Author), Takeda, Yoshifumi , 1935- (Author)
Corporate Authors: Indian Council of Medical Research, National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases (India)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Enfield, New Hampshire : Boca Raton, Florida : Science Publishers ; Marketed and distributed by, CRC Press , c2011
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Probiotic foods today and the future: where science and commerce Need to Meet
  • 2. Probiotics- guidelines, regulations and health claims
  • 3. Legislation of probiotic fermented milk drinks, an important functional food in asia
  • 4. "FOSHU" Japanese regulations for probiotic foods
  • 5. Probiotics: a pharmacologist's perspective
  • 6. Host-microbe interactions in the gut: a microbiologist's perspective
  • 7. Probiotics and intestinal defensins: augmenting the first line of defence in gastrointestinal immunity
  • 8. Toward the identification of gut microbial markers associated to irritable bowel syndrome
  • 9. Probiotics and their role in reducing allergic disorders
  • 10. Oral microflora, oral health and probiotics
  • 11. Proiotics and women's health