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Probiotics and Prebiotics: Scientific Aspects Edited by: Gerald W. Tannock
Published: 2005   ISBN: 978-1-904455-01-1
Price: GB £99 or US $199
Food scientists and nutritionists have accepted, relatively uncritically, the concepts underlying the use of probiotics and prebiotics in the promotion of health. Microbiologists and medical practitioners have viewed these products more sceptically. Much more scientific and medical validation of probiotic or prebiotic use is required. This will entail the use of sophisticated analytical methodologies. Knowledge of the gut microbiota has increased dramatically during the past decade thanks largely to the results obtained from the application of nucleic acid-based methodologies. Because of the availability of improved technologies, detailed studies of the two principal kinds of probiotic or prebiotic bacteria, Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, can be made. Emerging leaders have contributed chapters to this book that therefore represents a state of the art compendium of fundamental science related to early 21st century probiotic or prebiotic research. read more ...

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