There has recently been renewed interest in the unique protective properties of breast milk.
A part of this interest has focused on the immunocompetent cellular components and has …

Human milk contains numerous immune-protective components that protect the premature
infant from sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis. Because of these protective effects, human …

revised September 18, 2006: accepted September 19, 2006): and colostrum are rich in
proteins and peptides which play a crucial role in development of the immune system in …

Breastmilk contains all the nutrients required by the newborn baby. It also contains non-
nutritional components that may promote infant health, growth, and development, such as …

Understanding the differences between the protein system of human milk and bovine milk is
critical in the development of infant formulae. In this study, the proteins of bovine milk and a …

Human milk proteins are of nutritional and physiological significance to the newborn infant.
To further study these proteins, a rapid procedure to separate and analyze human milk whey …

Background: To investigate the effect of prematurity and parity on the dynamics of the major
immunologic and nutritional proteins of human milk over the first 2 weeks of lactation …

Human Milk and Infant Formula focuses on human milk and infant formula as the major
sources of infant food. This book discusses the basic composition of human milk and …

Milk is a complex physiological liquid that simultaneously provides nutrients and bioactive
components that facilitate the successful postnatal adaptation of the newborn infant by …

The newborn receives, via the placenta, maternal IgG antibodies against the microbes
present in its surroundings, but such antibodies have a pro-inflammatory action, initiating the …