Prebiotics in Health and Disease
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 293
Special Issue Editors
Interests: DNA damage and repair; mechanisms of cell death; nutrition and cancer
Interests: human gut microbiota; impact of nutrition on the microbial intestinal populations (probiotics, prebiotics); food microbiology focused on lactic acid bacteria; food safety with emphasis on antibiotic resistance in food-related bacteria
Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
Nutrition is a major environmental factor influencing human health. In the context of healthier living, in recent years, more emphasis has been put on functional foods that, in addition to classical ingredients, contain bioactive components promoting consumers’ health such as vitamins, minerals, probiotics and prebiotics.
Prebiotics are defined as “selectively fermented ingredients that result in specific changes, in the composition and/or activity of the gastrointestinal microbiota, thus conferring benefit(s) upon host health”. The human Gut Microbiome (GM) contains highly diverse microbial communities that provide metabolic, immunologic, and protective functions that play a crucial role in human health. The interaction of prebiotics and prebiotic-like fibers with GM has been the subject of intense research during the last decade, considered as the most significant development in nutrition research; diet regulates the composition and metabolic function of the GM. Therefore, consumption of specific dietary fibers and prebiotics could promote health and prevent disease.
This Special Issue aspires to present current developments regarding the production, utilization and mechanisms of action in relation to health-promoting/disease-preventing effects of prebiotics and prebiotic-like fiber consumption, covering all aspects of this emerging, multidisciplinary, dynamic field.
We would be delighted and honored to receive your valuable contribution to this issue by December 31st, 2021.
Dr. Vassiliki Pletsa
Dr. Adamantini Kyriacou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- dietary fibers
- functional foods
- prebiotics
- gut microbiome
- disease prevention
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