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Table 2 Health benefits of fermented animal and fish foods

From: Fermented marine foods of the indigenous arctic people (Inuit) and comparisons with Asian fermented fish

Benefits

Bioactive Compounds

Foods

Fermentation Microorganism(s)

References

Antioxidants

Phenolic compounds,

Dry-cured pork loins

Probiotic Strains of LAB

[91]

Antioxidant Neuroractive

γ-Aminobutyric acid, peptides, CLA2, Folate

Functional fermented sausages

Bifidobacterium longum

[92]

Anti-inflammatory Potential pathogen

Butyrate

Fermented

Whale, Narwal, Seal

Clostridium species

[1, 93]

Anti-bacterial lipid production

Bacteriocins

Fermented Fish

Photobacterium

[1, 94]

Anti-aging in skin

Uncertain

Fermented fish oil

Lactobacillus plantarum and Saccharomyces cerevisiae

[95, 96]