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Anti‐inflammatory Properties of Human Milk
Author(s) -
GOLDMAN A. S.,
THORPE L. W.,
GOLDBLUM R. M.,
HANSON L. A.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1986.tb10275.x
Subject(s) - medicine , alimentary tract , gastrointestinal tract , inflammation , in vivo , digestive tract , inflammatory response , human studies , breast milk , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , biochemistry
. An hypothesis was developed which predicts that human milk protects against infections of the alimentary tract of the breast‐fed infant by non‐inflammatory mechanisms. Human milk is poor in the initiators and mediators of inflammation and rich in anti‐inflammatory agents. Furthermore, many of the anti‐inflammatory agents are comparatively resistant to digestive enzymes and therefore might be expected to remain active in the gastrointestinal tract of the recipient. Further studies of these factors in in vivo models will be required to validate the hypothesis.