Gut Microbiota and Foreign Substances: Drugs, Mycotoxins and Heavy Metals in Foods
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Gut Microbiota".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2024) | Viewed by 1024
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food toxicology; gut microbiota; food foreign substances; xenobiotics; food mycotoxin; heavy metals; probiotics; pathogenic microorganisms; intestinal inflammation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
An increasing number of foreign substances have been detected owing to an increase in drug usage and the prevalence of food contamination. Concerns regarding their detrimental impacts on human health have grown in recent years. A healthy gut microbiome is a key determinant of host health. The gut microbiome is an easy target for many foreign substances in food, including drugs, mycotoxins and heavy metals. These harmful substances can affect the diversity and abundance of the gut microbiome and cause significant changes in its multiple functions. Therefore, it is of great interest to report the latest research on the mechanisms of foreign substances and their effects on host health from the perspective of the gut microbiota. This Special Issue focuses on the basic concepts and the relevant research methods of various toxic substances, such as drugs, mycotoxins and heavy metals in food, and their toxic effects on the gut microbiome.
Prof. Dr. Ravi Gooneratne
Dr. Zhijia Fang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- gut microbiota
- foreign substances in food
- xenobiotics
- food mycotoxins
- heavy metals
- probiotics
- pathogenic microorganisms
- intestinal inflammation
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