Role of Prebiotics in Health

Prebiotics have been used more recently for modulating colonic micro flora because they are non-expensive, can be incorporated in large variety of food items, can resist even harsh conditions of GI tract and elicit more changes as compared to probiotics. Prebiotics are non-digestible ingredient which positively affects the host by selective stimulation of activity or growth of one or limited number of colonic bacteria thereby improving host health.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Fatima Syed did her MPhil thesis under supervision of Dr Naureen Naeem , on preparation of galacto-oligosaccharides in lactose and their influence on various biomarkers of colon carcinogenesis in male rats. In the present study galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) were found to be protective against the development of colon cancer

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Naureen Naeem, Fatim Syed, Fatima Syed
• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.07.2015
• EAN: 9783659746758
• ISBN: 978-3-659-74675-8
• Seiten: 104
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Psychologie > Sonstiges