Studies on Lactic Acid Bacteria and Their Products in Health and Diseases: 3rd Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioactives and Nutraceuticals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 10
Special Issue Editor
Interests: obesity; muscle cells; adipocytes; biological role of natural compounds
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Dear Colleagues,
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are ubiquitous microorganisms that can be found in many natural sources such as plants, mammal’s intestinal mucosa, and fermented foods. They are generally recognized as safe for food applications. Direct supplementation of LAB as probiotics or LAB-driven fermented products poses a wide range of health-promoting effects on molecular and metabolic processes in humans and animals, including protection against infection-causing agents, free radical-scavenging effects, targeting obesity and related metabolic diseases, anti-diabetes activity, immunomodulatory and allergy reaction mediation, anti-cancer effects, prevention of antibiotic-associated complications, reduction in blood pressure, modulation of gut-associated microbial population, enhancing nutrient utilization, etc. Therefore, the current Special Issue will bring together recent research on the role of LAB in the prevention/management of metabolic diseases and disorders, with the aim of producing a better understanding of its biological mechanisms. The different disciplinary topics include but are not limited to the following:
- Probiotic LAB;
- Nutrition;
- Gut-associated microbes;
- Metabolic diseases and disorders;
- Carbohydrate and fat metabolisms;
- Insulin-resistance and sensitivity;
- Free radicals, antioxidants, hepatoprotective processes;
- Myogenesis, adipogenesis, osteogenesis;
- Nutrient utilization;
- Immunomodulation and inflammation.
Dr. Ilavenil Soundharrajan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
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lactic acid bacteria
- probiotics health benefits
- gut microbiota modulation
- functional foods with biological applications
- immunomodulatory mechanisms
- antimicrobial peptide production and its mechanisms
- host-microbe interactions
- functional dairy and meat products
- inflammatory bowel diseases
- metabolic health improvement
- bioactive microbial metabolites
- food safety and management
- metabolic diseases and disorders
- antibiotic-associated complications
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