**PROBIOTICS AND PREBIOTICS IN HUMAN NUTRITION AND HEALTH**

Edited by **Venketeshwer Rao** and **Leticia G. Rao**

#### **Probiotics and Prebiotics in Human Nutrition and Health**

http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/61495 Edited by Venketeshwer Rao and Leticia G. Rao

#### **Contributors**

Sabina Fijan, Katarzyna Neffe-Skocińska, Karolina Maria Wójciak, Dorota Zielińska, Gabriela Nicoleta Tenea, Lucia Yépez, Zhongke Sun, Vengadesan Krishnan, Pedro De Oliva-Neto, Márcia Zilioli-Bellini, Estevão Zilioli, Sidmeire Santos-Oliveira, Amirreza Khalighi, Reza Behdani, Shabnam Kouhestani, Nditange Shigwedha, Li Jia, Shuang Zhang, Liubov Sichel, Penny Hiwilepo-Van Hal, Claudio Gonzalez, Danielle Kling, Guillermo Marcial, Dana Roberson, Graciela Lorca, Todd Callaway, Luis Tedeschi, William Smith, Francis Rouquette, Trisha Sheridan, Jennifer Adamski, Mario Cruz, Samuel Longoria, Ruth Belmares, Mildred Flores, Juan Contreras, Julio Montanez, Qing Gu, Ping Li, Silvia Marina González, Mariela R. Michel, Rosa María Rodríguez Jasso, Cristobal Aguilar, Adriana Carolina Flores Gallegos, Raul Rodriguez-Herrera, Yasuhiko Komatsu, Yasuhiro Koga, Yuji Aiba, Yasuhiro Nakano, Lucia Pacifico, Caterina Anania, Francesca Olivero, Eugenia Olivero, José Luis Alonso, Beatriz Miguez, Belén Gómez, Patricia Gullón, Beatriz Gullon, Anna Forsberg, Michelle Peneluppi Silva, Rodnei Dennis Rossoni, Antonio Olavo Cardoso Jorge, Juliana Campos Junqueira

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