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lactoferrin, n. Biochem.|læktəʊˈfɛrɪn|
[ad. F. lactoferrine (Blanc & Isliker 1961, in Helvetica Physiol. Pharmacol. Acta XIX. C13): see lacto-, ferro-, -in1.]
A protein found in milk and other secretions, whose iron-binding properties have a bactericidal effect.
1965Experientia XXI. 604/1 A specific iron-binding protein, different from serum transferrin, has been isolated from bovine and human milk... Among the various names given to this protein, e.g. red milk protein, lactoferrin, lactotransferrin, and lactosiderophilin, the two latter are particularly ill-chosen... The name lactoferrin..will be used in the present publication. 1972Brit. Med. Jrnl. 8 Jan. 69/1 Human milk contains large quantities of iron-binding protein, of which the greater proportion is lactoferrin. 1977Lancet 26 Nov. 1113/2 The artificial feeds would also have lacked maternal antibody and lactoferrin. 1988G. Palmer Politics of Breastfeeding iii. 42 The protein lactoferrin binds with iron to prevent too much being utilized. |