Sentences with phrase «lactoferrin kills»

Also, along with white cells and antibodies, lactoferrin kills bacteria.

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The lactoferrin in breast milk is known to kill these bacteria.

However, heating breast milk decreases the amounts of these protective substances, and boiling or sterilizing breast milk will kill most of the immune factors including lactoferrin.

Lactoferrin, a protein in breastmilk, actually kills Steptococcus mutans, a germ that causes tooth decay.

In industrial agriculture, lactoferrin is used to kill bacteria during meat processing.

Lactoferrin, a protein found in milk and saliva, kills bacteria by sequestering the iron that they need to function normally.

One of these factors is lactoferrin, an enzyme that kills pathogens by binding and removing iron.