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Algae have a long history of use as foods and for the production of food ingredients. There is also increasing interest in their exploitation as sources of bioactive compounds for use in functional foods and nutraceuticals. Functional ingredients from algae for foods and nutraceuticals reviews key topics in these areas, encompassing both macroalgae (seaweeds) and microalgae.After a chapter introducing the concept of algae as a source of biologically active ingredients for the formulation of functional foods and nutraceuticals, part one explores the structure and occurrence of the major

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Wheat and Rice in Disease Prevention and Health reviews the wide range of studies focusing on the health benefits and disease prevention associated with the consumption of wheat and rice, the two most widely consumed whole grains. This book provides researchers, clinicians, and students with a comprehensive, definitive, and up-to-date compendium on the diverse basic and translational aspects of whole grain consumption and its protective effects across human health and disease. It serves as both a resource for current researchers as well as a guide to assist those in related disciplin

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Microbes colonize nearly every biotic and abiotic niche on our planet. This also includes our human body, which is densely populated with microbes, the majority of which interact with us in a commensal, sometimes even mutualistic, relationship. Only a minority of our microbiota are pathogenic organisms with the ability to cause infection. This book covers various aspects of the interplay between commensal and pathogenic bacteria with their hosts. The chapters summarize recent findings on the geno- and phenotypic traits of opportunistic bacterial pathogens, such as Escherichia coli, staphylococci or Pseudomonas aeruginosa, as well as the impact of commensal and probiotic bacteria on intestinal physiology and health. The differential interaction of pathogenic, commensal and probiotic bacteria with their host is reviewed from both the bacterial and the host’s perspective to round out this compilation of articles on the differences and similarities of pathogenic and commensal microorganisms.

Bacteria. --- Pathogenic bacteria. --- Pathogenic microorganisms --- Medical microbiology --- Food, Fortified --- Microbial Interactions --- Biological Processes --- Dietary Supplements --- Polysaccharides, Bacterial --- Organisms --- Dietary Fiber --- Polysaccharides --- Biological Phenomena --- Foods, Specialized --- Food --- Microbiological Processes --- Microbiological Phenomena --- Phenomena and Processes --- Food and Beverages --- Carbohydrates --- Technology, Industry, Agriculture --- Chemicals and Drugs --- Symbiosis --- Probiotics --- Bacteria --- Prebiotics --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Microbiology & Immunology --- Germs --- Microbes --- Bacteria, Pathogenic --- Disease germs --- Medicine. --- Immunology. --- Medical microbiology. --- Vaccines. --- Biomedicine. --- Medical Microbiology. --- Vaccine. --- Biologicals --- Immunobiology --- Life sciences --- Serology --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Bacterial diseases --- Medical bacteriology --- Prokaryotes --- Microbiology. --- Microbial biology --- Microorganisms

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This book aims to bring together the areas of macroalgal taxonomy with strategies and methods used to characterise marine bioactive compounds. In addition, it looks at the importance of correct taxonomic characterization. It also describes applications of bioactive compounds from the marine environment and discusses how marine bioactive compounds represent a major market application in food and other industries.  It provides examples of bioactive compounds isolated from marine resources.   Examples are given as to how bioactive compounds have been used in functional food formulations and pharmaceutical applications, and how they alter biological activity to provide therapeutic benefits, nutritional values and health protection.   It looks at the screening process for identification of bioactive molecules including computing methods for efficient in silico analysis, and describes different production methods used for bioactive compound isolation and identification. Furthermore, this book provides an insight into the market opportunities that exist for the identification and commercialization of new marine bioactive compounds.  It also highlights regulations in the US, Europe, Japan and China regarding health or novel food claims for functional food products.   .

Bioactive compounds. --- Marine pharmacology. --- Bioactive compounds --- Marine pharmacology --- Organism Forms --- Gram-Negative Oxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria --- Foods, Specialized --- Bacteria --- Food --- Gram-Negative Bacteria --- Organisms --- Food and Beverages --- Technology, Industry, Agriculture --- Functional Food --- Seaweed --- Cyanobacteria --- Human Anatomy & Physiology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Marine Science --- Pharmacy, Therapeutics, & Pharmacology --- Animal Biochemistry --- Drugs from the sea --- Marine pharmacognosy --- Materia medica, Marine --- Biologically active compounds --- Compounds, Bioactive --- Compounds, Biologically active --- Compounds, Physiologically active --- Physiologically active compounds --- Medicine. --- Pharmacy. --- Pharmaceutical technology. --- Bioorganic chemistry. --- Microbiology. --- Biomedicine. --- Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology. --- Bioorganic Chemistry. --- Chemicals --- Marine biology --- Materia medica --- Pharmacognosy

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The practice of supplementing direct fed microbial and prebiotic additives to domestic animals during growth is becoming more widespread in food animal production.  Beneficial effects particularly in cattle, pigs and poultry, including improved general health, foodborne pathogen reduction, more efficient food utilization, faster growth rate and increased milk and egg production are common results.  The success associated with direct fed microbial and prebiotic applications in multiple species ensures their continued commercialization and the widespread use of such additives.  However, several fundamental questions remain about how and why probiotic products work, and which kind of probiotic products are best for specific production scenarios. It appears that early establishment and retention of an ecological balance in the gastrointestinal tract is an important first step for an external biological additive to be effective in young animals.  Therefore, it is possible that the effectiveness of direct fed microbials and prebiotics in some animal species may only be an indirect consequence of speeding up the establishment and succession of the dominant microflora characteristic of the adult gastrointestinal tract. Consequently, an understanding of the key processes during establishment of microflora in the gastrointestinal system that lead to the subsequent fermentation characteristics and ecological balance exhibited by the highly protective microflora is needed.  Several additional areas of future research directions are also suggested for further development and implementation of these biological approaches as new molecular and drug delivery technologies become available.  Continued research on direct fed microbials and prebiotics in general should markedly expand their commercial applications.

Animal feeding. --- Animal nutrition. --- Gastrointestinal system -- Microbiology. --- Feeds --- Gastrointestinal system --- Probiotics --- Prebiotics --- Animal feeding --- Dietary Supplements --- Polysaccharides, Bacterial --- Nutritional Physiological Phenomena --- Crops, Agricultural --- Biological Science Disciplines --- Food, Fortified --- Dietary Fiber --- Digestive System --- Biology --- Anatomy --- Physiological Phenomena --- Food --- Foods, Specialized --- Polysaccharides --- Natural Science Disciplines --- Phenomena and Processes --- Food and Beverages --- Carbohydrates --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Technology, Industry, Agriculture --- Chemicals and Drugs --- Gastrointestinal Tract --- Animal Feed --- Pharmacology --- Microbiology --- Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Agriculture --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Microbiology & Immunology --- Animal Sciences --- Biomedical Engineering --- Microbiology. --- Prebiotics. --- Prebiotic foods --- Microbial biology --- Chemistry. --- Food Science. --- Applied Microbiology. --- Biotechnology. --- Microorganisms --- Functional foods --- Biotecnología Agraria: Fundamentos y Aplicaciones (70982207) --- Biotecnología Animal (49154302) --- Bibliografía recomendada