Reactive mechanism and the applications of bioactive prebiotics for human health: Review

A Ashwini; H N Ramya; C Ramkumar; Kakarla Raghava Reddy; Raghavendra V Kulkarni; V Abinaya; S Naveen; Anjanapura V Raghu

doi:10.1016/j.mimet.2019.02.019

Reactive mechanism and the applications of bioactive prebiotics for human health: Review

J Microbiol Methods. 2019 Apr:159:128-137. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2019.02.019. Epub 2019 Feb 28.

Authors

A Ashwini¹, H N Ramya², C Ramkumar², Kakarla Raghava Reddy³, Raghavendra V Kulkarni⁴, V Abinaya⁵, S Naveen⁶, Anjanapura V Raghu⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Food Science and Technology, Agricultural College, Hassan 573225, Karnataka, India. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Food Science and Technology, Agricultural College, Hassan 573225, Karnataka, India.
³ School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁴ Department of Pharmaceutics, BLDEA's SSM College of Pharmacy and Research Centre, Vijayapur 586 103, Karnataka, India.
⁵ Department of Basic Sciences, School of Engineering & Technology, JAIN Deemed-to-be University, 562112, Karnataka, India; Food Technology, Centre for Emerging Technology, JAIN Deemed-to-be University, 562112, Karnataka, India.
⁶ Department of Basic Sciences, School of Engineering & Technology, JAIN Deemed-to-be University, 562112, Karnataka, India.
⁷ Department of Basic Sciences, School of Engineering & Technology, JAIN Deemed-to-be University, 562112, Karnataka, India; Food Technology, Centre for Emerging Technology, JAIN Deemed-to-be University, 562112, Karnataka, India. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 30826441
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2019.02.019

Abstract

Prebiotics plays an important role in improving the growth of gut bacteria and it majorly found in various natural food sources such as fruits and vegetables. Nowadays, the prebiotic sources are added as a supplement in various food products such as dairy products, beverages, health drinks, infant formulae, and meat products. The presence of prebiotics provides various health benefits such as improveing calcium and magnesium absorption, increases bone density, reduces cancer risk, decreases cardiovascular diseases and also improves the immune system.

Keywords: Beneficial bacteria; Carbohydrates; Functional food; Human health; Non-digestible; Oligosaccharides; Prebiotics.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Dietary Supplements / analysis
Gastrointestinal Microbiome
Health
Humans
Minerals / metabolism
Prebiotics / analysis*
Vegetables / metabolism

Substances

Minerals
Prebiotics