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JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 48, Issue 10, Pages 4984-4990Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jf0002490
Keywords
lactoferrin; oxidation; infant formula; iron supplementation; antioxidant activity; iron-binding activity
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Lactoferrin is an iron transport protein present in human milk at an average concentration of 1.4 mg/mL. Commercially modified infant formulas based on cow's milk contain much lower amounts of lactoferrin (0.1 mg/mL lactoferrin) and soy based formulas have none. In addition to its role in iron transport, lactoferrin has bacteriostatic and bactericidal activities. Infant; formulas are supplemented with relatively large amounts of iron;(up to 12 mg/L). The effect of various concentrations of added lactoferrin and supplemental iron an lipid oxidation was tested in two different infant formulas. The extent of oxidation in the formulas as a function of time was determined by formation of hydroperoxides, production of hexanal, and fluorescence. On the basis of all three of these determinations, lactoferrin acted as an antioxidant in the absence and presence of different concentrations of supplemented iron. Lactoferrin inhibited oxidation in a concentration-dependent manner even at concentrations beyond its capacity to bind iron at its two high affinity binding sites. Lactoferrin can be used, therefore, as a dual purpose additive in infant; formulas and Similar food products for its antioxidant and its antimicrobial properties.
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