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Antimicrobial Actions of Lactoferrin

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Advances in Nutritional Research

Part of the book series: Advances in Nutritional Research ((ANUR,volume 10))

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Human milk provides infants with nutrients, hormones, enzymes and growth factors. These substances contribute to the child’s health and offer protection against infectious diseases. Passively transferred components such as IgA antibodies, lysozyme and lactoferrin exert protective roles against a wide variety of microorganisms (Lönnerdal and Atkinson, 1995).

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