Milk-derived peptides (lactoferricin, casocidin, caseicidin) demonstrate both antibacterial and antitumor activities, with mechanisms including membrane disruption and apoptosis induction — dual protection from dairy digestion.
Key findingMilk-derived peptides including lactoferricin, casocidin, and caseicidin demonstrate both antibacterial and antitumor properties through membrane disr
What the researchers found
Milk-derived peptides including lactoferricin, casocidin, and caseicidin demonstrate both antibacterial and antitumor properties through membrane disruption and apoptosis induction — making dairy digestion a source of dual anti-infection and anti-cancer protection.
Why it matters
Relevant for antimicrobial-peptides, bioactive-food-peptides, cancer, immune-function.
How the study worked
review study.
What this study cannot tell us
See abstract.
How to read the evidence
moderate evidence.
When this study was published
Published in 2008.
The bigger picture
Advances peptide research.
Questions still open
- Further research needed.
- Clinical translation to evaluate.
Common questions
What was studied?
What was found?
Read the original research
Protective effect of milk peptides: antibacterial and antitumor properties.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 606, 271-93
Citation
López-Expósito, Iván; Recio, Isidra. (2008). Protective effect of milk peptides: antibacterial and antitumor properties.. Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 606, 271-93. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74087-4_11