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Nutraceutical production with food-grade microorganisms
โ Scribed by Jeroen Hugenholtz; Eddy J Smid
- Book ID
- 104361687
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 328 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0958-1669
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โฆ Synopsis
Over the past few years a number of new food ingredients labelled as being nutraceuticals have been launched on the food and pharmaceutical market. These include components that have a proven beneficial effect on human health, such as low-calorie sugars and B vitamins. Lactic acid bacteria, in particular Lactococcus lactis, have been demonstrated to be ideal cell factories for the production of these important nutraceuticals. Developments in the genetic engineering of food-grade microoganisms means that the production of certain nutraceuticals can be enhanced or newly induced through overexpression and/or disruption of relevant metabolic genes.
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