Nutritional Parameters in Colostrum of Different Mammalian Species

Colostrum (or first milk) is the food produced by all mothers in specific mammalian species, ruminants, monogastric and marine mammalians for their newborns during 24–48 h post-partum. provides to neonate essential nutrients necessary week of life, but effect colostrum shows a long-term not limited these days. considered be safe human consumption. Some young children can show at beginning colostrum-based diet some side effects, such as nausea flatulence, they disappear quickly. In colostrum, immunoglobulins lactoferrin determined ability create natural immunity newborns, reducing greatly mortality rate children. Recent studies suggest that bovine (BC) may an interesting nutraceutical food, due its preventing and/or mitigating several diseases adults. This review aims functional properties describing different bio-active molecules reporting clinical trials aimed determine therapeutic characteristics nutrition.