Marine prebiotics: Polysaccharides and oligosaccharides obtained by using microbial enzymes.

Daniela de Borba Gurpilhares, Leonardo Paes Cinelli, Naomi Kato Simas, Adalberto Pessoa, Lara Durães Sette

Journal: Food chemistry 2019;280():175-186

PMID: 30642484

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Abstract

Utilization of marine algae has increased considerably over the past decades, since biodiversity within brown, red and green marine algae offers possibilities of finding a variety of bioactive compounds. Marine algae are rich sources of dietary fibre. The remarkable positive effects of seaweed dietary fibre on human body are related to their prebiotic activity over the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) microbiota. However, dietary modulation of microorganisms present in GIT can be influenced by different factors such as type and source of the dietary fibre, their molecular weight, type of extraction and purification methods employed, composition and modification of polysaccharide and oligosaccharide. This review will demonstrate evidence that polysaccharides and oligosaccharides from marine algae can be used as prebiotics, emphasizing their use in human health, their application as food and other possible applications. Furthermore, an important approach of microbial enzymes employment during extraction, modification or production of those prebiotics is highlighted.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.12.023

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MeSH Terms: Chlorophyta, Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Humans, Oligosaccharides, Phaeophyceae, Polysaccharides, Prebiotics, Rhodophyta, Seaweed