Bioactive Milk Pepides

Review:

D. A. Clare and H. E. Swaisgood 2000 Bioactive milk peptides: A prospectus. J. Dairy Sci. 83(6): 1187-1195

Milk contains numerous peptide sequences which effect physiological functions and modulate many regulatory processes, including:

•     hormone secretion (casomorphins)

•     immune defense (casokinins, casomorphins, immunopeptides)

•     nutrient uptake (phosphopeptides and casomorphins)

•     neurological information transmission (casokinins)

This review provides an excellent coverage of our current knowledge of the bioactive peptides of milk and their potential role in the human body.