Food Digestion Engineering

Kaja Kristensen, Noémie David-Rogeat, Norah Alshammari, Qingsu Liu, Molly Muleya, Syahrizal Muttakin, Luca Marciani, Serafim Bakalis, Tim J. Foster, Ourania Gouseti*

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Abstract

The aim of this chapter is to present the principles of using in vivo and in vitro methods to study digestion. While in vivo methods involve living organisms, in vitro methods consist of experiments taking place in a laboratory environment. In vitro experiments typically use static or dynamic digestion set ups to simulate the digestive processes. In silico approaches to digestion studies are involve use of numerical and computational techniques to simulate phenomena.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSustainable Food Processing and Engineering Challenges
EditorsCharis M. Galanakis
PublisherElsevier Ltd. Academic Press
Publication date2021
Pages343-368
Chapter10
ISBN (Electronic)9780128227145
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

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Keywords

  • Digestive processes
  • Dynamic digestion
  • Food digestion
  • In silico
  • In vitro
  • In vivo

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