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Structure And Properties Of The Particulate Constituents Of Human Milk. A Review., M. Ruegg, B. Blanc
Structure And Properties Of The Particulate Constituents Of Human Milk. A Review., M. Ruegg, B. Blanc
Food Structure
Milk contains different types of colloidal or coarsely dispersed particles, such as casein micelles, membrane fragments, fat globules and cells. The fat globules are composed of subpopulations of differently sized particles. In contrast to COW 1S milk, the overall average diameter (dys), increases with advancing lactation from about 1.8 ~min colostrum to 4.0 ~min mature milk. Membrane materials originating from the milk fat globule membrane, plasma membrane, secretory vesicles and other sources can be found in milk serum. These particles have also been called lipoprotein particles. Their size ranges from about 10 - 400 nm. New results concerning the structure …