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CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 33, Issue 4, Pages 345-364Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2012.709482
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Prebiotics; probiotics; enzymatic; production; applications; food and pharmaceutical industries
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- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India
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Worldwide interest in prebiotics have been increasing extensively both as food ingredients and pharmacological supplements, since they have beneficial properties for human health. Prebiotics not only stimulate the growth of healthy bacteria such as bifidobacteria and lactobacilli in the gut but also increase the resistance towards pathogens. In addition to this, they also act as dietary fiber, an energy source for intestinal cells after converting to short-chain fatty acids, a stimulator of immune systems, sugar replacer etc. Moreover, due to heat resistant properties, they are able to maintain their intact form during the baking process and allow them to be incorporated into every day food products. Thus, they can be interesting and useful ingredients in the development of novel functional foods. This review provides comprehensive information about the different biotechnological techniques employed in the production of prebiotics and their potential applications in different areas.
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