Bioactive Egg Compounds - Huopalahti, Rainer; López-Fandiño, Rosina; Anton, Marc.; Schade, Rüdiger.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2007)
Composition and Extraction of Egg Components -- Composition and Structure of Hen Egg Yolk -- Low-density Lipoproteins (LDL) or Lipovitellenin Fraction -- High-density Lipoproteins (HDL) or Lipovitellin Fraction -- Phosvitin -- Livetin Fractions (IgY) -- Lysozyme -- Ovotransferrin -- Ovalbumin and Gene-Related Proteins -- Ovomucin -- Riboflavin-Binding Protein (Flavoprotein) -- Avidin -- Proteases -- Antiproteases -- Minor Proteins -- Structure and Formation of the Eggshell -- Eggshell Matrix Proteins -- Function of Eggshell Matrix Proteins -- Use of Egg Compounds for Human Nutrition -- Nutritional Evaluation of Egg Compounds -- Concepts of Hypoallergenicity -- Egg Enrichment in Omega-3 Fatty Acids -- Enrichment in Vitamins -- Enrichment in Selenium and Other Trace Elements -- Use of Eggs for Human/Animal Health and Biotechnology -- Compounds with Antibacterial Activity -- Egg-Protein-Derived Peptides with Antihypertensive Activity -- Use of IgY Antibodies in Human and Veterinary Medicine -- Egg Compounds with Antioxidant and Mineral Binding Properties -- Use of Lecithin and Lecithin Fractions -- Extraction of Several Egg Compounds at a Pilot Scale -- Use of Egg Compounds for Cosmetics and Pharmaceutics -- Use of Egg Compounds for Cryoprotection of Spermatozoa -- Egg-Protein-Based Films and Coatings -- Magnetic Particles for Egg Research -- Avidin-Biotin Technology.
Keywords: Biochemistry; Nutrition .; Food-Biotechnology.; Agriculture; Biomedical engineering; Biotechnology; Animal Biochemistry; Nutrition; Food Science; Agriculture; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering; Biotechnology