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Kombucha Tea: Metabolites

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Fungal Metabolites

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Abstract

Kombucha, fermented black tea with symbiotic association of bacteria and yeast, has been claimed by its drinkers for several health benefits. Health benefits of kombucha tea are directly associated with the composition and the concentration of the biomolecules present in it. Being a product fermented by bacteria and yeast association, kombucha has very complex composition which has a range of components from tea plant, bacteria, yeast, and compounds produced during fermentation process. The compounds responsible for the claimed benefits of kombucha have not been explored due to its complexity. This chapter focuses on the metabolites of kombucha which have been reported.

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Acknowledgement

Author Rasu Jayabalan acknowledges the support given by the National Institute of Technology (Rourkela, Odisha, India), Prof. K. Swaminathan (Dept. of Microbial Biotechnology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India), Prof. Sei Eok Yun (Department of Food Science and Technology, Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea), Dr. S. Marimuthu (R & D Centre, Parry Agro Industries Ltd., Valparai, Tamil Nadu, India), Department of Science and Technology (DST grant No. SERC/LS-156/2012), and Department of Biotechnology (DBT grant No. 102/IFD/SAN/2770/2013–2014), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. Author Radomir Malbaša thanks the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia (Grant III-46009).

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  1. Food Microbiology and Bioprocess Laboratory, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India

    Rasu Jayabalan

  2. Faculty of Technology, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

    Radomir V. Malbaša

  3. R&D Division, Eureka Forbes Ltd, Haralukunte, Kudlu, Bangalore, India

    Muthuswamy Sathishkumar

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  1. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

    Jean-Michel Mérillon

  2. Botany Department, M.L.Sukhadia University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

    Kishan Gopal Ramawat

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Jayabalan, R., Malbaša, R.V., Sathishkumar, M. (2017). Kombucha Tea: Metabolites. In: Mérillon, JM., Ramawat, K. (eds) Fungal Metabolites. Reference Series in Phytochemistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25001-4_12

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