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Title Handbook of probiotics and prebiotics / edited by Yuan Kun Lee, Seppo Salminen
Edition Second edition
Published Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2009]
©2009
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Description 1 online resource (xix, 596 pages) : illustrations
Contents Probiotic microorganisms -- Selection and maintenance of probiotic microorganisms -- Genetic modification of probiotic microorganisms -- Role of probiotics in health and diseases -- Mechanisms of probiotics -- Commercially available human probiotic microorganisms -- Prebiotics
Summary Since the publication of the first edition in 1999, the science of probiotics and prebiotics has matured greatly and garnered more interest. The first handbook on the market, Handbook of Probiotics and Prebiotics: Second Edition updates the data in its predecessor, and it also includes material topics not previously discussed in the first edition, including methods protocols, cell line and animal models, and coverage of prebiotics. The editors supplement their expertise by bringing in international experts to contribute chapters. This second edition brings together the information needed for the successful development of a pro- or prebiotic product from laboratory to market. -- Publisher website
Notes Revised edition of: Handbook of probiotics / Yuan-Kun Lee [and others] 1999
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Food -- Microbiology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Intestines -- Microbiology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Microorganisms -- Therapeutic use -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Probiotics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Bacterial Physiological Phenomena.
Food, Formulated.
Probiotics -- pharmacology.
Probiotics -- therapeutic use.
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals.
Handbooks and manuals.
Form Electronic book
Author Lee, Y. K. (Yuan Kun)
Salminen, Seppo.
ISBN 0470432616 (electronic bk.)
1613448678 (electronic bk.)
9780470432617 (electronic bk.)
9781613448670 (electronic bk.)
(cloth)
(cloth)
OTHER TI Handbook of probiotics