Yongyun Xia

Millet fermentations: a review on microorganisms, fermentation parameters, nutrients bio-utilization, and future prospects

Millets are prominent cereal materials worldwide. Fermentation is a typical bioprocessing method of millets, which boosts the sensory properties, nutritional composition and biological activity of millet products. In recent years, millets fermentation has been receiving increasing attention and many cutting-edge techno...

Faecalibacterium prausnitzii: Mechanistic Insights and Therapeutic Potential in Host-Microbe Crosstalk.

Phenolics from Phyllanthus emblica Linn. ameliorate glucose homeostasis and insulin resistance in high-fat diet/streptozotocin-induced type 2 diabetic mice.

Phyllanthus emblica Linn. contains abundant free phenolic (PEFP) and bound phenolic (PEBP), both of which have demonstrated potential antidiabetic activities. However, their comparative hypoglycemic effects and underlying mechanisms remain unclear. This study investigated the effects of PEFP and PEBP using insulin-resi...

Functional role of the diadenylate cyclase gene cdaA in stress responses of the dairy starter Streptococcus thermophilus.

Results showed that cdaA is critical for osmotic and ethanol tolerance but negatively modulates bile salt resistance in S. thermophilus, suggesting that absence of cdaA confers a survival advantage under bile salt stress.