Handbook of prebiotics and probiotics ingredients : health benefits and food applications / edited by Susan Sungsoo Cho, E. Terry Finocchiaro.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Analysis of dietary fiber and nondigestible carbohydrates / Betty W. Li -- Short chain fructo-oligosaccharide : a low molecular weight fructan / Anne M. Birkett and Coni C. Francis -- Inulin and oligosaccharides : a special focus on human studies / Damien Paineau, Frédérique Respondek, and Yoram Bouhnik -- Galacto-oligosaccharides / Arjen Nauta, Astrid M. Bakker-Zierikzee, and Margaret H.C. Schoterman -- Functional disaccharides : lactulose, lactitol, and lactose / Andrew Szilagyi -- Natural resistant starches as prebiotics and synbiotics / Susan Cho and E. Terry Finocchiaro -- AGE, ALE, RAGE, and disease : a food perspective / Stig Bengmark -- Lactic acid bacteria and plant fibers : treatment in acute and chronic human disease / Stig Bengmark -- Probiotics : recent human studies using lactobacillus casei strain shirota / Tetsuji Hori -- Prebiotics and lipid metabolism / Jonathan E. Teitelbaum -- Fermentation of prebiotics and short-chain fatty acid production / Julia M.W. Wong, Cyril W.C. Kendall, and David J.A. Jenkins -- Probiotics and prebiotics in inflammatory bowel disease / L. Prisciandaro, G.S. Howarth, and M.S. Geier -- Prebiotics and probiotics in pediatric diarrheal disorders / Rosemary J. Young -- Anticarcinogenic effects of probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics / Shalini Jain ... [et al.] -- Prebiotics and probiotics in infant formulae / Günther Boehm, Richèle Wind, and Jan Knol -- Probiotics and prebiotics in elderly individuals / Reetta Satokari ... [et al.] -- Prebiotics and probiotics in companion animal nutrition / Brittany M. Vester and G.C. Fahey, Jr. -- Probiotics : potential pharmaceutical applications / Indu Pal Kaur ... [et al.]