Bioactive Peptides and Probiotic Bacteria: Modulators of Human Health
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 246
Special Issue Editors
Interests: probiotics; functional food; nutrition; bioactive peptides
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: functional foods; aquatic products; bioactive peptides
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Bioactive peptides and probiotics are commonly found in many traditional fermented foods. Probiotics with a high hydrolytic activity of proteins can release many bioactive peptides that confer health benefits to the host. Increased knowledge of the health benefits of bioactive peptides and probiotic bacteria has promoted the modern food industry to develop various functional food products that incorporate bioactive peptides and/or probiotic bacteria as functional food ingredients. Bioactive peptides have been isolated from a wide variety of dietary proteins, including plant- and animal-based foods. Recently, diverse bioactive peptides generated from marine organisms and their processing byproducts have been identified with various health-promoting properties. This Special Issue of “Bioactive Peptides and Probiotic Bacteria: Modulators of Human Health” will cover a wide range of research topics, including, but not limited to, the following:
- Characterization and in vitro and in vivo assessment of probiotic potential of novel bacterial strains;
- Production, identification, and characterization of potentially bioactive peptides;
- Structure–function relationships of bioactive peptides;
- Bioactive peptide production via probiotic fermentation;
- Utilizations of bioactive peptides and/or probiotic bacteria in functional foods.
Prof. Dr. Yafeng Zheng
Dr. Qi Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- probiotics
- peptide
- fermentation
- health benefits
- functional food
- physiological properties
- gut health
