Metabonomics and Gut Microbiota in Nutrition and Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kochhar, Sunil (Editor), Martin, François-Pierre (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Molecular and Integrative Toxicology,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Medical microbiology.; Pharmacology.; Food > Biotechnology.; Nutrition.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Medical Microbiology.; Food Science.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of metabonomics and gut microbiota research from molecular analysis to population-based global health considerations. The topics include the discussion of the applications in relation to metabonomics and gut microbiota in nutritional research, in health an...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Metabolomics in systems biology research
• Metabolomics in clinical practice.-Adopting multivariate non-parametric tools to determine genotype-phenotype interactions in health and disease
• Metabolomics in Translational Research for Personalized Medicine and Nutrition
• Can we use Metabolomics to Understand Changes to Gut Microbiota Populations and Function? A Nutritional Perspective
• Automated annotation of microbial and human flavonoid derived metabolites
• Metabonomics in neonatal and paediatric research: Studying and modulating gut functional ecology for optimal growth and development
• Metabolomics and Milk: the Development of the Microbiota in Breast Fed Infants
• Metabonomics and gut microbial paradigm in healthy ageing
• Roles of herbal medicine in modulating gut microbiota associated with health and diseases
• Gut microbiota and metabolic diseases: from pathogenesis to therapeutic perspective
• Role of microbiota in regulating host lipid metabolism and disease risk
• Role of the Gut Microbiota in Maintaining GI Health: Highlights on Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Deciphering the gut microbial contribution to the aetiology of autism development
• The Modulation of Drug Efficacy and Toxicity by the Gut Microbiome
• Understanding the benefits of bariatric surgery on gut physiology: implications for obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.