Postbiotic nanoparticles (postbiotics-NPs): a novel strategy for providing probiotics' health advantages through food consumption
FOOD SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, vol.33, no.12, pp.2729-2736, 2024 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Review
- Volume: 33 Issue: 12
- Publication Date: 2024
- Doi Number: 10.1007/s10068-024-01629-6
- Journal Name: FOOD SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Biotechnology Research Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Compendex, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, INSPEC, Veterinary Science Database
- Page Numbers: pp.2729-2736
- Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
In recent years, the term "postbiotics" has become increasingly popular in food microbiology, food science, and commercial products. This importance has been raised due to the safety issues associated with live bacterial cells. Postbiotics are defined as bioactive substances of probiotics. It confers unique health-promoting functions with its chemical structure, safe profile, and long shelf life. Meanwhile, postbiotics nanoparticles (postbiotics-NPs) can be considered novel postbiotic delivery systems to deliver bioactive components with health benefits and therapeutic aims, promote the shelf-life of food products, and develop novel functional foods. The present scientific literature shows that nanotechnology approaches are not yet mature enough to be used in postbiotic delivery systems. For all of that, the potential applications of postbiotics-NPs in the food industry and biomedical fields will be a new trend in the future.