Maciej Ireneusz Kluz, Karol Pietrzyk, Miłosz Pastuszczak, Miroslava Kacaniova, Agnieszka Kita, Ireneusz Kapusta, Grzegorz Zaguła, Edyta Zagrobelna, Katarzyna Struś, Katarzyna Marciniak-Lukasiak, Jadwiga Stanek-Tarkowska, Adrian Vasile Timar, Czesław Puchalski
Kombucha is a beverage made by fermenting sweetened tea with a symbiotic culture of yeast and bacteria. Literature data indicate that the kombucha beverage shows many health-promoting properties such as detoxification, chemo-preventive, antioxidant, antimicrobial, antifungal, and general strengthening. The research conducted focuses on the analysis of polyphenolic compounds formed in the fermentation process using ultra-efficient liquid chromatography, as well as on checking the antimicrobial properties of kombucha against pathogenic bacteria and yeasts found in food...
May 23, 2022: Foods (Basel, Switzerland)