Handbook of Milk Proteins

Book excerpt: A detailed account based on milk proteins has been highlighted in this profound book. It provides comprehensive information on a wide range of topics related to milk proteins. The content provided within will prove to be valuable to those interested in dairy foods, milk chemistry, human health, neonatal growth, lactation and mammary gland biology, milk proteins production and other related topics. This book delivers an insight into a range of topics related to milk proteins, including bioactivities of milk proteins and the peptides generated from those proteins, new functions assigned to some milk proteins, impact of processing of milk on milk proteins, allergies associated with consumption of milk, genetic variation of milk proteins, application of genomic technologies for exploring expression of proteins during milk synthesis and production of milk and milk proteins as affected by environmental factors.