Sources, formulations, advanced delivery and health benefits of probiotics

Authors:Roobab, Ume; Batool, Zahra; Manzoor, Muhammad Faisal; Shabbir, Muhammad Asim; Khan, Moazzam Rafiq; Aadil, Rana Muhammad*
Source:Current Opinion in Food Science, 2020, 32: 17-28.
DOI:10.1016/j.cofs.2020.01.003

Summary

Probiotics are living organisms and pose diverse applications to modify food constituents for health benefits of humans. There is an increasing trend to get insights into developments of new technologies to improve their formulations and delivery for better use as a food product. Moreover, the new and beneficial aspects of probiotics have made them as a best replacement of antibiotics to combat even more complex disorders, such as gastrointestinal (GI), nervous system and digestive system. The aim of present review was to give a brief description of all recent studies conducted on the improvement of probiotics from past few years and future perspective have also been considered in it.

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