The Function and Application of Probiotics
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutraceuticals, Functional Foods, and Novel Foods".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2023)
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fermented dairy foods; lactic acid bacteria; probiotics; bioactive components; cheese; yogurt; encapsulation; health function
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Interests: fermented foods; dietary components nutrition and safety; functional dairy product development; targeted metabolic regulation of probiotics
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Prof. Dr. Chun Li
Prof. Dr. Libo Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Probiotic
- Gut microbiota
- Immunity
- Dairy processing
- Functional foods
- Dairy foods
- Food chemistry
- Metabolism regulation
- Dairy protein
- Dairy fat
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