Paper Title
Biologically Active Compounds in Camel (Camelusdromedarius) Milk and Its Products
Abstract
Bioactive compounds in milk and dairy products have been studied during the most recent couple of decades - very few publications on this topic are available, especially in other milk species'.Many studies have exhibited the abundance of camel milk protein fractions/isolates, their molecular weights, their amino acids content and some of their functional properties as Nutraceuticals and as practical fixings. The potential application and the utilization of camel milk proteins, camel milk protein isolates and camel whey powder as functional foods and nutraceutical ingredients have not been established. A nutraceutical is any substance provides medical or health benefits, including the prevention and treatment of disease. Chemical composition of camel milk is somehow different from that of cow milk, however, it contains all essential nutrients as cow milk, likewise its high whey proteins such as lactoferrin and immunoglobulin confer to it the high antimicrobial properties.Caseins represent about 80% of the aggregate the total milk protein content, and whey contains various dissolvable proteins and different indigenous peptides created by proteases exhibit in camel milk, The camel drain proteins themselves might be bioactive or could serve as precursors for bioactive peptides. This review paper is an attempt to review the most recent studies on the biologically active components of camel milk and its products
Key words - Peptide, casein, functional food, lactoferrin, lactoperoxidase,nutraceutical