Postbiotics-parabiotics: the new horizons in microbial biotherapy and functional foods

Probiotics have several health benefits by modulating gut microbiome; however, techno-functional limitations such as viability controls have hampered their full potential applications in the food and pharmaceutical sectors. Therefore, the focus is gradually shifting from viable probiotic bacteria towards non-viable paraprobiotics and/or probiotics derived biomolecules, so-called postbiotics. Paraprobiotics and postbiotics are the emerging concepts in the functional foods field because they impart an array of health-promoting properties. Although, these terms are not well defined, however, for time being these terms have been defined as here. The postbiotics are the complex mixture of metabolic products…

• UD
  U.S. Department of Defense

  Awards: W81XWH-19-1-0236, W81XWH, UL1TR001420
• IC
  Indian Council of Agricultural Research
• NI
  National Institutes of Health

  Awards: R01AG018915, W81XWH, P30AG21332, UL1TR001420
• NC
  National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

  Award: UL1TR001420
• WF
  Wake Forest Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Wake Forest School of Medicine

  Award: UL1TR001420
• CD
  Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs

  Award: W81XWH-19-1-0236