Probiotics: Health Benefits in Relation to Gut Microbiota and Functional Food Applications
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutraceuticals, Functional Foods, and Novel Foods".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 174
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Probiotics are live organisms that can confer health benefits to the host when ingested. They have been widely accepted as essential ingredients capable of modulating the functionality of various systems, particularly the central nervous system via the gut–brain axis. Understanding the mechanisms by which probiotics exert beneficial effects on various organs, from a systemic, cellular, and molecular perspective, is a major topic of research. The gut microbiota is generally considered to be critical in mediating the impact of probiotics. Therefore, deciphering the connections among the gut microbiota, probiotics, and consequent physiological phenomena is important. In the field of functional foods, combining food processing with probiotics is designed to provide ordinary foods with additional functionalities, creating novel food products.
The aim of this Special Issue of Foods is to gather and display cutting-edge research on probiotic-mediated health effects and the involved mechanisms. Here, food is defined broadly: from ingredients and prototypes to products on the market, dishes, and even diets. This Special Issue welcomes original research articles and reviews on studies that have used probiotics to interfere with various types of abnormalities or diseases, including neurological disorders. We are also interested in research that explores the exact pathways and roles of gut microbiota in relevant physiology or pathology. Diverse food forms combined with probiotics, as functional foods, are also of interest, with a focus on their associations with health effects. Clear and concisely written manuscripts are highly desirable and appreciated.
Dr. Yi Xu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- probiotics
- functional foods
- gut microbiota
- central nervous system
- gut–brain axis
- neurological disorders
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