Lactoferrin and Improved Immune Function

• The application of lactoferrin in infant formula: The past, present and future.

  • 2022-12-19
  • Review
  • Critical reviews in food science and nutrition 64(17)
  • • Wusun Li
    • Biao Liu
    • Yingying Lin
    • Peng Xue
    • Yao Lu
    • Sijia Song
    • Yixuan Li
    • Ignatius Man-Yau Szeto
    • Fazheng Ren
    • Huiyuan Guo

  • PubMed: 36533432
  • DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2022.2157792

  6 Insights on

  • Improved Immune Function

  • Low evidence

  Evidence suggest that LF prevents pathogen infection, promotes immune system development, intestinal development, brain development and bone health, as well as ameliorates iron deficiency anemia.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes