Prebiotics and Probiotics Science and Technology

From the reviews: "The first volume starts with general contributions on the use of pre- and probiotics to manage the gastrointestinal tract ecosystem and the molecular tools that are available nowadays to monitor changes within the microbial ecology of the gut, whether those changes are inflicted by pre- and probiotics ... . Volume 2 opens with the ecological interaction of bacteria within the human colon. ... Overall, this is a very extensive survey of the current knowledge on science and technology of probiotics and prebiotics." (K. Venema, Beneficial Microbes, Vol. 1 (3), September, 2010)

• Introduction to the prebiotic concept.- Fructans.- Galacto-oligosaccharides.- Xylan, starch and soybean derived prebiotics.- Novel prebiotics from sucrose.- Mechanisms of prebiotic impact on health.- Application of prebiotics in human health.- Application of prebiotics in animal nutrition.- Multifunctional prebiotics – anti-adhesive oligosaccharides.- Metabonomics and prebiotic consumption.- Manufacturing technologies for prebiotics.- Manufacture of prebiotics from agricultural biomass sources.- Development of prebiotic ingredients into food products.- Analysis of prebiotic oligosaccharides in food products.- Development of synbiotic foods.- Index.