Paraprobiotics and Postbiotics—Current State of Scientific Research and Future Trends toward the Development of Functional Foods

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The potential of paraprobiotics and postbiotics to be used as beneficial agents for human health has caused an effort by the scientific community to gather information about the bioactivity of these compounds and production methods. Understanding the evolution of scientific research in this area of study is important to understand the future perspectives and the main bottlenecks of scientific and technological development involving these compounds. In this scenario, this review work used a bibliometric analysis tool intending to improve the scientific documentation, bringing information and communicating the results to the scientific community through the quantitative analysis of the current literature, available in one of the main databases, the Web of Science, also providing recent information on the evolution and future perspectives in the field of paraprobiotic and postbiotic development. The results of this study showed that the main studies discuss the bioactivity of these compounds. Concerning the development of functional foods, there is a need for extensive research on production methods and the interaction of these compounds with food. However, it concluded that much still needs to be studied to prove the claims of bioactivity, especially when used for the development of functional foods.

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Monteiro, S. S., Schnorr, C. E., & Pasquali, M. A. de B. (2023, June 1). Paraprobiotics and Postbiotics—Current State of Scientific Research and Future Trends toward the Development of Functional Foods. Foods. MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12122394

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