Evaluating Oral Probiotics and Prebiotics

Amir Mortazavian is Professor of Dairy Science and Technology in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences where he researches the development of probiotics and prebiotics dairy foods, with the application of technologies, such as microencapsulation.

Adriano Gomes da Cruz is professor of Federal Institute of Rio de Janeiro within the department of food. Dr. Cruz’s research focuses on the development of dairy science and technology, with emphasis in probiotic and prebiotic dairy foods development as well as probiotic technology and food quality, microbiology, and safety.

Zahra Yari is a professor at the Department of Nutrition Research, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran where she researches clinical nutrition and diet therapy for gastrointestinal, endocrine, cardiovascular and kidney diseases and the use of functional foods in the treatment of these diseases.