Bioactive components of milk
By: edited by Zsuzsanna Bo sze.
Contributors: Bo sze, Zsuzsanna.
Series: Advances in experimental medicine and biology -- v. 606
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 492
ISBN-13: 9780387740867
Subjects: Milk -- Composition; Bioactive compounds; Milk -- chemistry; Milk -- immunology
Description: Dairy foods have huge potential concerning functional foods. Therefore, there is a tremendous amount of interest in value-added milk products and the identification of components in food which have health benefits. This book provides an overview of these derived components and their diverse activities including: the stimulation of beneficial microflora, alerting the immune system to the presence of potential pathogens and allergens, binding and eliminating toxins, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: I. Milk lipids: a source of bioactive molecules.; title: Trans fatty acids and bioactive lipids in ruminant milk.; title: Expression and nutritional regulation of lipogenic genes in the ruminant lactating mammary gland.; title: Lipophilic microconstituents of milk.; title: II. Biological activity of native milk proteins: species-specific effects.; title: Milk fat globule membrane components: a proteomic approach.; title: Milk lipoprotein membranes and their imperative enzymes.; title: Lactoferrin structure and functions.; title: Milk CD14: a soluble pattern recognition receptor in milk.; title: Apoptosis and tumor cell death in response to HAMLET (Human alpha-Lactalbum made lethal to tumor cells.; title: A proline-rich protein from ovine colostrum: colostrinin with immunomodulatory activity.; title: III. Milk peptides.; title: Milk peptides and immune response in the neonate.; title: Protective effect of milk peptides: antibacterial and antitumor properties.; title: Antihypertensive peptides derived from bovine casein and whey proteins.; title: IV. Induced biologically active components from the milk of livestock animals.; title: Targeted antibodies in dairy-based products.; title: Manipulation of milk fat composition through transgenesis.; title: Producing recombinant human milk proteins in the milk of livestock species.; title: V. The influence of nutrition on the production of bioactive milk components.; title: Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs), IGF binding proteins, and other endocrine factors in milk: role in the newborn.; title: Probiotics, immunomodulation, and health benefits.; title: Potential anti-inflammatory and anti-infectious effects of human milk oligosaccharides.; title: On the role of breastfeeding in health promotion and the prevention of allergic diseases.