Seppo
Salminen
Senior Advisor, Nutrition and Food Research Center (NuFo)
Director, Nutrition and Food Research Center (NuFo)
MSc, MS, PhD
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Areas of expertise
Professor, Director
gut microbiota, probiotics and prebiotics, nutrition and food safety, EU regulations
Teaching
Functional Foods and EU legislation, Lactic acid biotechnology
Research
Food and health, intestinal microbiota, probiotics, prebiotics, functional foods, food legislation, health claims, novel foods
Publications
Scientific Opinion on the substantiation of a health claim related to Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and maintenance of defence against pathogenic gastrointestinal microorganisms pursuant to Article 13(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 (2011)
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))Scientific Opinion on the substantiation of health claims related to polyphenols in olive and protection of LDL particles from oxidative damage (ID 1333, 1638, 1639, 1696, 2865), maintenance of normal blood HDL cholesterol concentrations (ID 1639), maintenance of normal blood pressure (ID 3781), “anti-inflammatory properties” (ID 1882), “contributes to the upper respiratory tract health” (ID 3468), “can help to maintain a normal function of gastrointestinal tract” (3779), and “contributes to body defences against external agents” (ID 3467) pursuant to Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 (2011)
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))Scientific Opinion on the substantiation of health claims related to Bifidobacterium longum BB536 and improvement of bowel regularity (ID 3004), normal resistance to cedar pollen allergens (ID 3006), and decreasing potentially pathogenic gastro-intestinal microorganisms (ID 3005) pursuant to Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 (2011)
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))Scientific Opinion on the substantiation of health claims related to sugar-free chewing gum with carbamide and plaque acid neutralisation (ID 1153) pursuant to Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 (2011)
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))Evaluation of the ability of Bifidobacterium longum to metabolize human intestinal mucus (2011)
FEMS Microbiology Letters
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))