Advances in Probiotic Delivery Systems: Strategies for Enhanced Viability, Targeted Delivery and Efficacy covers the complex world of probiotics, offering a comprehensive exploration of innovative delivery mechanisms designed to overcome challenges of stability and efficacy. From oral administration to alternative delivery routes, each chapter provides insights into cutting-edge formulation strategies, encapsulation techniques, and emerging technologies, equipping readers with the knowledge to explore the full potential of probiotics for health and wellness. Whether you're a pharmaceutical scientist, food technologist, healthcare professional, or researcher, this book serves as an indispensable guide to optimizing probiotic delivery for maximum impact. Bridging the gap between theory and practice in probiotic delivery systems, this book delivers insights into the most effective delivery strategies. Despite the growing interest in probiotics and their potential health benefits, challenges such as poor stability and limited efficacy hinder their widespread application. This book fills this critical gap by providing readers with a thorough understanding of the underlying principles, latest advancements, and practical solutions in probiotic delivery. By consolidating the expertise of leading researchers and practitioners, the book empowers professionals across various industries to develop and implement effective probiotic formulations that make a difference in health outcomes. Advances in Probiotic Delivery Systems: Strategies for Enhanced Viability, Targeted Delivery and Efficacy provides a consolidated overview of probiotic delivery systems. Covering formulation mechanisms, encapsulation techniques, and delivery strategies, it equips readers with the necessary tools to address challenges associated with probiotic stability and efficacy. Pharmaceutical Scientists dealing with issues related to oral administration, alternative delivery routes, or the integration of probiotics into various products will benefit from this book's practical insights and evidence-based solutions to enhance the viability and therapeutic potential of probiotics, ultimately unlocking their full benefits for improved health and well-being.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Exploring the Promise of Probiotic Delivery Systems2. Probiotics and molecular mechanism of health benefit
3. Application of probiotics in treatment and healthcare
4. Probiotics administration routes and their advantages and disadvantages
5. Major challenges with probiotic stability and efficacy
6. Lyophilization and spray drying of probiotics for oral delivery: advantages and disadvantages
7. Micro- and nano-encapsulation of probiotics
8. Biofilm-mediated oral delivery of probiotics
9. Protein-based oral delivery system of probiotics
10. Polysaccharide-based oral delivery system of probiotics
11. Application of Novel biomaterials for oral probiotic delivery
12. Nanotechnology in oral probiotic delivery
13. Synbiotics: combination delivery of prebiotics and probiotics
14. Nasal, transdermal delivery of probiotics
15. Vaginal and rectal delivery of probiotics
16. Application of Synthetic biology in development of probiotic strains and delivery systems
17. Targeted Delivery Systems for Site-Specific Probiotic Action
18. Precision Medicine Approaches to Personalized Probiotic Therapy
19. High throughput Microfluidic Platforms for adaptive laboratory evolution of probiotic strains
20. Imaging Techniques for Probiotic Tracking and Localization
Authors
Tanmay Sarkar Lecturer, Government of West Bengal, India.Dr. Tanmay Sarkar is currently working as a Lecturer in the Government of West Bengal. With 9 years of experience in both teaching and research, his areas of interest include bioactive components from natural sources, ethnic foods, mathematical modeling, and phytochemicals. He is an editor for several SCI, SCIE, and Scopus- indexed journals and has edited numerous books with Elsevier and Springer.
Ayan Chatterjee Associate Professor and Associate Dean of School of Health Science and Technology, Medhavi Skills University, Sikkim, India. Dr. Ayan Chatterjee is currently working as Associate Professor and Associate Dean of School of Health Science and Technology, Medhavi Skills University, Sikkim, India. He also has teaching experience in Human Physiology, Biochemistry and allied subjects at Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Diploma level for 12 years. He has authored 96 full length research papers, book chapters and also presented papers at International and National Conferences. Anirudha Dutta Assistant Professor at Department of Biological Sciences, Adamas University, India.Dr. Anirudha Dutta is currently working as Assistant Professor at Department of Biological Sciences, Adamas University, India. Dr. Dutta has 8 years of research and teaching experience. He has authored multiple peer reviewed research articles in various international SCI indexed journals and book chapters. He has published principal authored articles in high impact journals like Journal of Biological Chemistry, FEBS Journal, etc.
