New Perspectives on the Action of Probiotics against Food Contaminants
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 12758
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Interests: food chemistry; functional food; phytochemistry; antioxidant activity; secondary metabolites; nanoparticles
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Interests: polyphenols; bioavailability; bio-accessibility; bioactivity; antioxidant; biotechnological; chemical treatment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Food contaminants resulting from environmental pollution and industrialization are a serious concern for global food security, and impact the quality of life of those exposed to them. The contaminants with a negative impact on human health belong to many groups, such as heavy metals, mycotoxins, pesticides, bisphenols, polyaromatic hydrocarbons as well as toxins of bacterial and herbal origin.
Probiotics are a powerful tool for alleviating toxicity and the accumulation of food contaminants in the human body. Probiotics such as Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium species are considered the most effective tools to alleviate heavy metal toxicity due to their biochemical features. Next-generation probiotics have recently been used for detoxification and bioremediation. Functional foods based on probiotics have the role of counteracting the side effects accumulated as a result of exposure to food contaminants.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to provide a collection of articles highlighting the intimate mechanisms underlying the detoxification of food contaminants by probiotics. Additionally, the development of probiotic-based functional foods and beverages that are scientifically proven to remove food contaminants is welcome, along with papers related to applications of the biodetoxification capacity of probiotics in environmental pollutants.
As Guest Editors of this Special Issue, we encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results (as research articles, review articles, as well as short communications) related to probiotics as a protective strategy against contaminant toxicity in this Special Issue.
We are looking forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Simona Ioana Vicas
Dr. Oana Lelia Pop
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- food microbiology
- probiotics
- next-generation probiotics
- functional foods
- fermented foods
- food contaminants toxicity
- chemical contaminants
- heavy metals
- toxins
- pathogens
- mechanism of action
- health and beneficial properties
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