Advances in dairy Research
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Archana Mourupoju

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• Review Article
  Milk-Hormones: Narrative Review
  Author(s): Archana Mourupoju and Vigneswaran SundaresanArchana Mourupoju and Vigneswaran Sundaresan
  
  Milk is the major source of nourishment for newborn mammals prior to the other types of food. The composition of the cow’s milk widely varies between the different breeds and also during the different stages of lactation. Milk from animals contains fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, proteins, minerals and water. Water is the main constituent of milk which dilutes the milk and allowing its secretion from the body. Milk is the secretion of Mammary glands; hence it consists of constituents from the blood plasma, accordingly hormones that are transported in blood may be detectable in milk. The importance of hormones was discussed about decades back but still there are more concerns to look at the hormones as biomarkers in some serious problems and during pregnancy. In recent research, it has been found that further property of hormones in dairy items has conceivable effect on human well.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-888X.1000212

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