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Research progress and application status of postbiotics

1,Xue-Li LI1, 1, 1,Yan-Rong GUO1, 1,Meng-Xuan LAIHairan Ma   

  • Received:2022-12-29 Revised:2023-11-03 Online:2024-01-15 Published:2024-02-02
  • Contact: Hairan Ma E-mail:mahairan@mengniu.cn

Abstract: Postbiotics is inanimate microorganisms and/or their components that confers a health benefit on the host, and have the advantages of safety and stability, easy storage and production, and clear chemical structure. This paper reviewed the main active ingredients, probiotic functions and application status of postbiotics, elaborated the health benefits of inactivated bacterial cells, bacterial components and bacterial metabolites to the host, summarized the research progress of postbiotics in enhancing immunity, regulating gastrointestinal function, alleviating obesity, maintaining oral health, and preventing osteoporosis, listed postbiotic products in Japan, the United States, Germany and the domestic market, and proposed the challenges and new research directions of postbiotics.

Key words: Postbiotics, inanimate microorganisms, active ingredient, probiotics function, application status

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