Health promoting benefits of postbiotics produced by lactic acid bacteria: Exopolysaccharide

Exopolysaccharides are high molecular weight polymers of repeated sugar units with diverse chemical structure and unique properties produced by microorganisms. Lactic acid bacteria important exopolysaccharide producers. derived exopolysaccharides, one the postbiotics, known to have technological such as stabilizing, thickening, emulsifing also biological activities. can synthesis exopolysaccharides large structural variability this diversity brings these possess several bioactivities. Bioactivities immunomodulatory, antiinflammatory, antitumor antimutagenicity, antioxidant, antibacterial antiviral, cholesterol-lowering, antihypertensive activity gastro-protective bring biopolymers commercial value in global market potential be used biomedical pharmaceutical applications. Therefore, evaluate availability natural for new applications extensive understanding structure-function relationships will required. In review, it is presented a comprehensive overview most recent reports on health benefits postbiotic lactic bacterial exopolysaccharides.