Scope of the Series

Contents

**Section 1**

*by José Maldonado*

and Health

**Section 2**

*by Małgorzata Ziarno*

Probiotics and Prebiotics in Infant Formulae

Fermentation with *Lactobacillus acidophilus* LA-5

*and Gabriela Rodríguez-Hernández*

*by Bradley A. Saville and Sandra H. Saville*

Simulating the Human Stomach and Duodenum

Prebiotics, Probiotics, and Bacterial Infections

*by Christina C. Tam, Kirkwood M. Land and Luisa W. Cheng*

**Preface III**

Human Nutrition **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 17**

**Chapter 3 35**

**Chapter 4 51**

Microbiome and Health **73**

**Chapter 5 75**

**Chapter 6 99**

Cholesterol Uptake and Survival of *Lactococcus lactis* Strains in Fluids

Comparision of Antioxidant Activity of Cow and Goat Milk During

Prebiotics and Probiotics - Potential Benefits in Human Nutrition

*by Maria Inês Sucupira Maciel and Michelle Maria Barreto de Souza*

Functional Attributes and Health Benefits of Novel Prebiotic Oligosaccharides Derived from Xylan, Arabinan, and Mannan

*by Jessica Dayara Álvarez-Rosales, César Ozuna, Rubén Salcedo-Hernández* 

Biochemistry, the study of chemical transformations occurring within living organisms, impacts all of life sciences, from molecular crystallography and genetics, to ecology, medicine and population biology. Biochemistry studies macromolecules proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates and lipids –their building blocks, structures, functions and interactions. Much of biochemistry is devoted to enzymes, proteins that catalyze chemical reactions, enzyme structures, mechanisms of action and their roles within cells. Biochemistry also studies small signaling molecules, coenzymes, inhibitors, vitamins and hormones, which play roles in the life process. Biochemical experimentation, besides coopting the methods of classical chemistry, e.g., chromatography, adopted new techniques, e.g., X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, NMR, radioisotopes, and developed sophisticated microbial genetic tools, e.g., auxotroph mutants and their revertants, fermentation etc. More recently, biochemistry embraced the 'big data' omics systems.
