作者
Harpal S Buttar, Siddhi M Bagwe, Sukhwinder K Bhullar, Ginpreet Kaur
发表日期
2017/1/1
图书
Dairy in human health and disease across the lifespan
页码范围
3-20
出版商
Academic Press
简介
Colostrum is a thick, sticky, yellowish mammary secretion that all mammals provide to their newborns during the first 24–48 hours after delivery. Human newborns receive colostrum from their mothers during the first few hours after birth, and this “Elixir of Life” not only provides naturally produced nutrients and antibodies in a highly concentrated low volume but also creates the foundation of life-long immunity. Colostrum is rich in immunoglobulins and lactoferrin, growth, and antimicrobial factors, all of which promote tissue growth and maturation of digestive tract and immune function in neonatal animals and humans. The immunoglobulins present in colostrum invoke antimicrobial activity by forming a chelated complex with bacterial and viral antigens. It has been reported that constituents from bovine colostrum (BC) are 100-fold to 1000-fold more potent than human colostrum. This means that if the human neonates …
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