ReviewVeterinary sciences2025
Postbiotics: Multifunctional Microbial Products Transforming Animal Health and Performance.
Review in Veterinary sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Administration of the Postbiotic Substance 412 to Slovak Warm-Blooded Horses: A Pilot Experiment.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Restoring Microbial Signaling: A Metabolite-Immune-Redox Framework for Postbiotic Host-Directed Interventions.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Impact of Functional Feed Additives and Lower Antibiotic Use on Poultry Meat Quality and Consumer Perception.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Isolation, Fermentation, and Application of Probiotics Derived from Fermented Grains.Journal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2026Review
- Postbiotics and paraprobiotics in food biochemistry mechanisms stability and nutritional applications.NPJ science of food · 2026Review
- Yeast-Derived Postbiotics for Prevention of Enteric Diseases in Farm Animals: Current Insights and Future Perspectives.Veterinary sciences · 2026Review
- The Collaborative Collapse: Bile Acid Dysmetabolism as a Central Pathogenic Driver in Canine and Feline Multi-Systemic Disorders-From Mechanisms to Precision Therapeutics.Veterinary sciences · 2026Review
- From conventional probiotics to precision nutrition: host-specific probiotics in canine and feline functional foods.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Review
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4 authors.
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Abstract
Postbiotics, which are preparations of inanimate microorganisms and their components, have emerged as a promising functional ingredient in animal health and nutrition. Postbiotics are primarily composed of microbial cell fractions, metabolites, enzymes, vitamins, polysaccharides, and short-chain fatty acids. Unlike probiotics, postbiotics do not contain live microorganisms, which strengthens their greater stability and safety in feed/food formulations. Postbiotics offer several beneficial effects, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, immune-modulatory, and antimicrobial actions. They enhance antioxidant enzymes, neutralize reactive oxygen species, and inhibit lipid peroxidation, thereby protecting tissues from oxidative damage. Postbiotics also inhibit pro-inflammatory molecules like TNF-α and IL-6, while enhancing the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10, promoting the maturation and function of immune cells, and increasing secretory IgA production. They suppress a variety of pathogenic bacteria, including
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