Background Twelves categories of active ingredients have been recognised to enhance
human health. They are to some extent susceptible to certain conditions such as heat, light …

Bioactive compounds are a type of chemical substance found in plant sources. Lycopene,
carotenoids, phytochemicals, phenolic compounds, and anthocyanin are a few bioactive …

The increasing knowledge about the human microbiome leads to the awareness of how
important probiotics can be for our health. Although further substantiation is required, it …

Due to the fact that probiotic cells need to be alive when they are consumed, culture-based
analysis (plate count) is critical in ascertaining the quality (numbers of viable cells) of …

The claimed health benefits of fermented functional foods are expressed either directly
through the interaction of ingested live microorganisms, bacteria or yeast with the host …

The industrial exploitation of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) as starter and/or probiotic cultures
depends strongly on the preservation technologies employed, which are required to …

Environmental stress responses in Lactobacillus, which have been investigated mainly by
proteomics approaches, are reviewed. The physiological and molecular mechanisms of …

Survival of two LAB in orange powders obtained by spray-(SD), freeze-(FD) and convective
hot air drying (CD) was investigated during drying and subsequent storage. Colour and …

The objectives of this study were i) to microencapsulate probiotic cells of Lactobacillus
plantarum through a dual process consisting of emulsification followed by complex …

Probiotics have recently received increasing attention in a range of biomedical applications,
such as antimicrobial agents, tissue repair and regeneration, as well as disease treatment …