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Bioactive Components of Human Milk (Hardcover, 2001 ed.)
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Bioactive Components of Human Milk (Hardcover, 2001 ed.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 501
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Although breast-feeding has long been associated with lowered
infant morbid- ity and mortality from infectious disease, until
relatively recently little was known regarding the individual
components of human milk aside from their nutritive func- tions and
the presence of secretory antibodies. Over the last 40 years, and
especially over the last decade, evidence has been growing that
human milk contains a large number of materials that are bioactive
and that are not found in artificially formu- latedinfantdiets.
Disparatelinesofresearcharecurrentlyproducingsurprisinglylong
listsofnewlyrecognizedhumanmilkcomponents-antimicrobialsand
immunomod- ulators, includinganti-inflammatoryagents, antioxidants,
cytokines, andhormones- with biological activities that relate to
pathogenesis, inflammation, development, metabolic regulation, and
other functions. The sum of all of these biologically active milk
components may account for the strong protection that human milk
affords nursing infants. Strictly speaking, most components of
human milk could be considered bioac- tive, since nutrients are
bioactive by definition. A major emphasis of this book, how- ever,
is on defining what is known about components of human milk that
inhibit common pathogens of the infant, those that have hormonal
and/or cytokine activity, those that have immunomodulatory and/or
anti-inflammatory activity, xenobiotics, and nutrients that are
uniquely essential to early development. The topic of bioactive
substances in human milk was explored in depth at the th 8
International Conference of the International Society for Research
on Human Milk and Lactation (ISRHML) held at Plymouth,
Massachusetts, October 25-29, 1997. This book contains the
proceedings of that conference.
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