Milk proteins; Nutritional, clinical, functional and technological aspects: C.A. Barth and E. Schlimme. 308 pp. 1989. Springer Verlag, Berlin. $44.50

Abstract

Introductory Remarks.- Research Funding by the EEC.- The Industry's Interest in Protein Research.- Milk Protein and Nitrogen Equilibrium.- How to Evaluate Dietary Protein.- Milk Proteins and Tissue Nitrogen Equilibrium.- The Endocrine Response to Dietary Protein: the Anabolic Drive on Growth.- Endocrine Response to Animal and Vegetable Protein.- Reliability and Limitations of the Homoarginine Method for Evaluation of Protein Digestibility in the Pig.- Lactoferrin Content in Feces in Ileostomy-operated Children Fed Human Milk.- Specificity of the Intestinal Lactoferrin Receptor.- The Effects of Quantity and Type of Dietary Protein on the Rehabilitation after a Period of Energetic Undernourishment.- General Discussion: Milk Protein and Nitrogen Equilibrium.- Milk Proteins and Ligands.- Milk Proteins and Metabolic Requirements of Trace Elements, Minerals, and Vitamins.- Manganese Absorption from Human Milk, Cow Milk, and Infant Formulas.- Intrinsic Labelling of Iron in Milk.- Does Bovine Lactoferrin Resist Absorption in the Small Intestine of Neonatal and Adult Pigs?.- Can Lactoferrin Supplementation Improve the Availability of Iron from Milk?.- The Nutritive Value of Bovine Lactoferrin.- General Discussion: Milk Proteins and Ligands.- Milk Proteins: Structural and Genetic Aspects.- Structure and Variability of Milk Proteins.- Modification of Milk by Gene Transfer.- Analysis of Protein Structure in Solution by Two-Dimensional NMR Spectroscopy: 2D-1H NMR Investigation of Ribonuclease T1 and Its Complexes with 2?- and 3?-Guanosine Monophosphates.- Bioactive Sequences in Milk Proteins.- Isolation and Chemical Characterization of a Phosphopeptide from In Vivo Digests of Casein.- Expression of an ?s1-Casein cDNA-Clone in a Cell-free and Procaryote Model System.- Heat Stability of Milk with Increased Whey Protein Content.- Ultrastructural Characterization of High Molecular Weight Milkfat Globule Membrane Glycoproteins.- Colostrum as a Source of Antibodies.- Expression of the Bovine ?s1-Casein cDNA in CHO Cells.- Screening Methods for Genetic Variants of Milk Proteins.- Rheological Properties of Heat-Induced Whey Protein Gels.- General Discussion: Milk Proteins - Structural and Genetic Aspects.- Milk Proteins: Technological and Functional Aspects.- Protein Modification: Effects on Functional Properties and Digestibility.- Structural Changes in Milk Proteins.- Technological and Functional Aspects of Milk Proteins.- In Vitro Digestion of Bovine Milk Proteins by Trypsin Hydrolysis and pH-Stat Analysis.- Degradation of ?-casein by Mesophilic Starter Lactococci.- Determination of Furosine, Lysinoalanine (LAL) and 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) as a Measure of Heat Intensity for UHT-Milk.- Analysis of Milk Proteins and Their Proteolytic Products by Use of a Modified OPA-method.- Effect of Technological Treatments of Milk on Gastric Digestion.- Molecular Weight Determination of Protein Hydrolysates (FPLC).- Heat Coagulability of Whey Proteins in Acidic Conditions.- Selected Gelation Properties of Beta-Lactoglobulin in Comparison with Whey Protein Concentrate.- Study on Heat Stability and Coagulation Properties of Milks with Different Protein Genotype.- Modelization of Gastric Digestion of Milk Proteins.- General Discussion: Milk Proteins - Technological and Functional Aspects.- Milk Protein and Clinical Nutrition.- Milk Protein Allergy: Clinical Features, Pathogenesis, and Therapeutic Implications.- Milk Protein and Enterai and Parenteral Feeding in Disease.- Is Milk Intake Still Adequate in Present-day Practice of Child Nutrition?.- Enteral vs Parenteral Nutrition in the Early Postoperative Phase with Special Regard to Protein Metabolism.- Influence of Casomorphin on Plasma Lipid Levels and Lipid Secretion Rates.- The Absorption of Proteins From the Gut in Cyclosporin-A Treated Animals.- Influence of Diet and Stage of Lactation on Taurine Contents in Milk.- General Discussion: Milk Protein and Clinical Nutrition.- List of Participants.