Microbial Vitamins and Carotenoids in Food Biotechnology

Novel Source and Potential Applications

Syed Amir Ashraf, Mohammed Kuddus, Syed Amir Ashraf, Mohammed Kuddus

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN:
  9780443155284
• eBook ISBN:
  9780443155291
• Topic: Tecnologia e ingegneria
• Subtopic: Microbiologia

In recent years, there has been a global surge in the production and application of vitamins and pigments in food and pharmaceuticals industries, leading to draw the attention of scientific communities to develop novel strategies to cope with world demand. Microbial vitamins and carotenoids in food biotechnology: Novel source and potential applications allow the audience to understand the current status of the biotechnological approaches used for the production of vitamins and carotenoids from microorganisms. The title provides important insights to understand the molecular mechanisms involved in microbial biosynthesis of vitamins and carotenoids. The chapters, all written by leading researchers from academia, help to put forward all the latest advancement concerning the production and applications of microbial vitamins and carotenoids. The book also provides the sustainable alternative to chemically synthesized compound and presents the wide coverage for the most promising sources of vitamins and carotenoids in food and pharmaceutical industries. This is a complete and unique resource beneficial for the scientific communities as well as food science and nutrition research students. - Thoroughly explores biotechnological approaches surrounding the production and application of microbial vitamins and carotenoids in food processing and manufacturing industries - Covers the major portion of novel source and various biotechnological approaches used for the production of various types of vitamins and carotenoids from microorganisms and their applications in food industry - Contains up-to-date information required for the formulations of new products or protocols for enhancing production of specific compounds

Table of contents

• Title of Book
• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• List of contributors
• Chapter one Novel sources and applications of microbial vitamins and carotenoids
• Chapter two Significance of microbial cell factories in the production of vitamins and carotenoids
• Chapter three Biotechnological tools in microbial vitamins and carotenoids production
• Chapter four Microbial vitamins and carotenoids in food production and processing system
• Chapter five Microbial production of water and fat-soluble vitamins
• Chapter six Vitamins production from probiotic bacteria
• Chapter seven Vitamins fortification and its consequences on food production and quality
• Chapter eight Microbial vitamins in the production of food ingredients and functional foods
• Chapter nine Microbial vitamins in nutrition and healthcare
• Chapter ten Microbial vitamins as nutraceuticals and their role as health-promoting agents
• Chapter eleven Microbial vitamins in dairy products
• Chapter twelve Microbial vitamins in genetically modified foods
• Chapter thirteen Microbial carotenoids in nutrition and baby foods
• Chapter fourteen Carotenoids as food additives
• Chapter fifteen Carotenoids’ neuroprotective effects via a free radical scavenging pathway, and they are being characterized, and evaluated as food additives
• Chapter sixteen Challenges and future scenario of microbial vitamins and carotenoids in food industry
• Index