Encapsulation of probiotics
Elie Metchnikoff (1845–1916) is considered the grandfather of modern probiotics (Greek, “for life”) science. In his book The Overtime of Life (Metchinkoff, 1908), he proposed that administering live beneficial microbes to humans through fermented dairy may result in better health and senility dela...
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| Format: | Capítulo de libro |
| Language: | en_US |
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Academic Press / Elsevier Inc.
2022
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85170-1.00002-6 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780323851701000026 |
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| Summary: | Elie Metchnikoff (1845–1916) is considered the grandfather of modern probiotics (Greek, “for life”) science. In his book
The Overtime of Life (Metchinkoff, 1908), he proposed that administering live beneficial microbes to humans through fermented
dairy may result in better health and senility delay (Zendeboodi et al., 2020). However, to exert such effects on the
host, enough live cells should be guaranteed during storage and gastrointestinal (GI) passage. The loss of cell viability in
prepared foods (especially fermented ones) and harsh GI conditions (e.g., low pH/osmolarity) has encouraged researchers
to find new protection methods (Mokhtari, Jafari, & Khomeiri, 2019), from which microencapsulation and nano-covering
stand are the most studied. These methods protect viable cells from oxygen, light, temperature, osmolarity, and free radical
damage (Corona-Hernandez et al., 2013). Modern omics sciences offer new perspectives on the differential modulation of
probiotics’ metabolism when delivered to the GI tract in free vs. entrapped or viable vs. nonviable cells. These and other
relevant aspects of probiotic science are reviewed and discussed in the following sections |
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