Seppo Salminen
MSc, MS, PhD
sepsal@utu.fi +358 29 450 2714 +358 40 060 1394 Kiinamyllynkatu 10 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0938-0420 |
Areas of expertise
Professor, Director; gut microbiota, probiotics and prebiotics, nutrition and food safety, EU regulations
Professor, Director; gut microbiota, probiotics and prebiotics, nutrition and food safety, EU regulations
Research
Food and health, intestinal microbiota, probiotics, prebiotics, functional foods, food legislation, health claims, novel foods
Food and health, intestinal microbiota, probiotics, prebiotics, functional foods, food legislation, health claims, novel foods
Teaching
Functional Foods and EU legislation, Lactic acid biotechnology
Publications 
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- Scientific Opinion on the substantiation of health claims related to zinc and maintenance of normal skin (ID 293), DNA synthesis and cell division (ID 293), contribution to normal protein synthesis (ID 293, 4293), maintenance of normal serum testosterone concentrations (ID 301), “normal growth” (ID 303), reduction of tiredness and fatigue (ID 304), contribution to normal carbohydrate metabolism (ID 382), maintenance of normal hair (ID 412), maintenance of normal nails (ID 412) and contribution to normal macronutrient metabolism (ID 2890) pursuant to Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 (2010) Carlo Agostoni, Jean-Louis Bresson, Susan Fairweather-Tait, Albert Flynn, Ines Golly, Hannu Korhonen, Pagona Lagiou, Martinus Løvik, Rosangela Marchelli, Ambroise Martin, Bevan Moseley, Monika Neuhäuser-Berthold, Hildegard Przyrembel, Seppo Salminen, Yolanda Sanz, Sean (J J ) Strain, Stephan Strobel, Inge Tetens, Daniel Tomé, Hendrik van Loveren and Hans Verhagen
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Semi-automated extraction of microbial DNA from feces for qPCR and phylogenetic microarray analysis (2010)
- Journal of Microbiological Methods
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Terminology of Functional Foods (2010) Magalhaes M, Salminen S, Ferreira C, Tommola J
(C1 Refereed scientific book) - The mucosal adhesion properties of the probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG SpaCBA and SpaFED pilin subunits (2010)
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Specific Bifidobacterium strains isolated from elderly subjects inhibit growth of Staphylococcus aureus. (2007) Lahtinen S, Jalonen L, Ouwehand A, Salminen S
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Intrinsic properties of so-called dormant probiotic bacteria, determined by flow cytometric viability assays. (2006)
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Protection mechanism of probiotic combination against human pathogens: in vitro adhesion to human intestinal mucus. (2006) Collado M, Jalonen L, Meriluoto J, Salminen S.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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