Table of Contents

Section 1: State of the art and applications 1. Gut microbes- the miniscule labourers in the human body 2. Role Of Probiotics Towards The Improvement Of Gut Health With Special Reference to Colorectal Cancer

Section 2: Probiotics and prebiotics 3. Therapeutic aspects of probiotics and prebiotics 4.  Lactic acid bacteria beverage contribution for preventive medicine and nationwide health problems in Japan 5. Microbiome Alterations in People with Obesity: The Probiotics Double Role 6. Safety of probiotics

Section 3: Nutritional aspects 7. Flavonoids in foods and their role in healthy nutrition 8. The role of milk oligosaccharides in host-microbial interactions and their defensive function in the gut 9. Nutritional yeast biomass: characterisation and application

Section 4: Health, disease and therapy 10. Effect of diet on gut microbiota as etiological factor in Autism spectrum disorder 11. Dietary fibres: A way to a healthy microbiome 12. Effects of the Gut Microbiota on Autism Spectrum Disorder 13. Diet, Microbiome, and Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Section 5: Function and safety 14. Gastrointestinal Exposome for Food Functionality and Safety 15. Risk from viral pathogens in seafood

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About the Author

Dr. Grumezescu is Assistant Professor at the Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, in the Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, with a second affiliation to the Faculty of Medical Engineering, at the Politehnica University of Bucharest in Romania. He is an experienced and oft-published researcher and editor in the field of nano and biomaterials, and he is the Editor-in-Chief of three journals: Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry, Letters and Applied NanoBioScience, and Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Bulletin. He also serves as editor or guest editor for several notable journals. Dr. Grumezescu has published 150 peer-reviewed papers, 20 book chapters, 6 co-authored books and 11 edited books. Alina-Maria Holban is a lecturer in Microbiology and Immunology, at the Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest; and associate researcher at the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania. Her primary area of research is the development of bionanomaterials with antimicrobial applications. Dr. Holban has published 75 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 42 conference/symposia proceedings, and has edited more than 21 edited books.