Anticancer properties of bovine milk

Improved means of cancer prevention and treatment remain key goals of global health programmes. This is particularly true in Western society, where the elderly represent a large proportion of the population, and where the likelihood of tumour development is compounded by risk factors such as poor fi...

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Published in:British journal of nutrition 2000-11, Vol.84 (S1), p.161-166
Main Authors: Gill, Harsharnjit S., Cross, M. L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Antioxidants - therapeutic use
Biological Products - therapeutic use
Calcium - therapeutic use
Diet, Fat-Restricted
Dietary Fats, Unsaturated - therapeutic use
Humans
Linoleic Acid - therapeutic use
Milk - metabolism
Milk Proteins - therapeutic use
Minerals - therapeutic use
Models, Animal
Neoplasms - metabolism
Neoplasms - prevention & control
Phospholipids - therapeutic use
Rats
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Summary:Improved means of cancer prevention and treatment remain key goals of global health programmes. This is particularly true in Western society, where the elderly represent a large proportion of the population, and where the likelihood of tumour development is compounded by risk factors such as poor fibre/high fat diets and environmental pollution. Dietary intervention represents an attractive, non-invasive means of providing anticancer preventative and therapeutic benefits to at-risk individuals. This review focuses on the evidence for anticancer properties of bovine milk and milk-derived components. Evidence of a role for whole milk constituents, as well as purified minor components, in combating tumorigenesis is outlined. Shortcomings in current studies are highlighted, and future opportunities for targeted research to characterize important anticancer properties of milk are discussed.
ISSN:0007-1145
1475-2662
DOI:10.1017/S0007114500002397