Metabolomics as a tool for the comprehensive understanding of fermented and functional foods with lactic acid bacteria

Metabolomics, also called metabonomics or metabolic profiling, deals with the simultaneous determination and quantitative analysis of intracellular metabolites or low-molecular-mass molecules. The metabolomics field, which has begun a little more than ten years ago thanks to the development of techn...

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Published in:Food research international 2013-11, Vol.54 (1), p.1152-1161
Main Authors: Mozzi, Fernanda, Ortiz, Maria Eugenia, Bleckwedel, Juliana, De Vuyst, Luc, Pescuma, Micaela
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacteria
Fermented foods
food science
Foods
Functional foods
Lactic acid
Lactic acid bacteria
mass spectrometry
Metabolic profiling
metabolites
Metabolomics
Nuclear magnetic resonance
nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Probiotics
Quantitative analysis
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Summary:Metabolomics, also called metabonomics or metabolic profiling, deals with the simultaneous determination and quantitative analysis of intracellular metabolites or low-molecular-mass molecules. The metabolomics field, which has begun a little more than ten years ago thanks to the development of technologies such as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and mass spectrometry (MS), has been successfully applied in different areas of food science. This review deals with the recent achievements of metabolomics in the comprehensive analysis of fermented foods predominated by lactic acid bacteria, the fermentative capacity of these microorganisms and the beneficial effects of functional foods and probiotics.
ISSN:0963-9969
1873-7145
DOI:10.1016/j.foodres.2012.11.010