Lactoferrin - Biological Functions

Biological Functions

Lactoferrin belongs to the innate immune system. Apart from its main biological function, namely binding and transport of iron ions, lactoferrin also has antibacterial, antiviral, antiparasitic, catalytic, anti-cancer, anti-allergic and radioprotecting functions and properties.

Read more about this topic:  Lactoferrin

Famous quotes containing the words biological and/or functions:

    “Man’s biological weakness is the condition of human culture.”
    —Erich Fromm (1900–1980)

    “Empirical science is apt to cloud the sight, and, by the very knowledge of functions and processes, to bereave the student of the manly contemplation of the whole.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)