Probiotics and Bioactive Carbohydrates in Colon Cancer Management

• Main Authors: Raman, Maya (Author), Ambalam, Padma (Author), Doble, Mukesh (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Cancer research.; Food > Biotechnology.; Biochemistry.; Food Science.; Cancer Research.; Biochemistry, general.

This book describes the dietary habits (such as use of probiotics, synbiotics, prebiotics and dietary fiber) that could modify and reduce the risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC). The book will be of practical and scientific use to academicians, research scholars, students, health professional...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Probiotics and Colorectal Cancer
• 3. Bioactive Carbohydrate- Dietary Fibres and Colorectal Cancer
• 4. Bioactive Carbohydrate- Prebiotics and Colorectal Cancer
• 5. Synbiotics and Colorectal Cancer
• 6. Short Chain Fatty Acids
• 7. Conclusion.