Bioactive Components in Fermented Foods and Food By-Products

• Main Author: Verardo, Vito (auth)
• Other Authors: Gomez-Caravaca, Ana (auth), Tabanelli, Giulia (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Biology, life sciences; chemical refining; Lactic acid bacteria; grapevine; sourdough; vegetable oil; platelet-activating factor; biogenic amines; aglycones; food fermentation; food by-products; beer; Blakeslea trispora; ?-aminobutyric acid (GABA); fish oil; ?-glucosidase; Thunnus thynnus; lycopene; histidine decarboxylase (hdc) gene; fermentation; wine; ?-aminobutyric acid GABA; thrombin; isoflavones; polar lipids; phenolic compounds; lactobacilli; fatty acid profile; antithrombotic; UHPLC/ESI-QTRAP; orange powder; tyrosine decarboxylase (tdc) gene; Sparus aurata; amaranth flour; soybean extract; Penicillium citrinum; indoleamines; cardiovascular disease; brewer's spent grain; Pecorino di Farindola; liquid chromatography; by-products; lactic acid bacteria; grains; bioactive peptides; Dicentrarhus labrax; fungi; raw milk ewe's cheese; ?-aminobutyric acid; bioactive compounds; hops; volatile components
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Food fermentation is one of the most ancient processes of food production that has historically been used to extend food shelf life and to enhance its organoleptic properties. However, several studies have demonstrated that fermentation is also able to increase the nutritional value and/or digestibility of food. Firstly, microorganisms are able to produce huge amounts of secondary metabolites with excellent health benefits and preservative properties (i.e., antimicrobial activity). Secondarily, fermented foods contain living organisms that contribute to the modulation of the host physiological balance, which constitutes an opportunity to enrich the diet with new bioactive molecules. Indeed, some microorganisms can increase the levels of numerous bioactive compounds (e.g., vitamins, antioxidant compounds, peptides, etc.). Moreover, recent advances in fermentation have focused on food by-products; in fact, they are a source of potentially bioactive compounds that, after fermentation, could be used as ingredients for nutraceuticals and functional food formulations. Because of that, understanding the benefits of food fermentation is a growing field of research in nutrition and food science. This book aims to present the current knowledge and research trends concerning the use of fermentation technologies as sustainable and GRAS processes for food and nutraceutical production.