The Lactoperoxidase System: Chemistry and Biological Significance / Edition 1

by Kenneth Pruitt

Overview

This book reviews the major biochemical and biological properties of the lactoperoxidase system including both the bovine milk and human salivary enzymes. It focuses on the basic chemistry of peroxidase-catalyzed reactions and clinical applications of peroxide system antimicrobial effects.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824772987
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/29/1985
Series:	Immunology , #27
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Kenneth Pruitt

Table of Contents

1. The Biological Significance of the Nonimmunoglobulin Defense Factors 2. The Chemical Structure of Lactoperoxidase 3. Products of Lactoperoxidase-Catalyzed Oxidation of Thiocyanate and Halides 4. Steady-State Kinetics of Lactoperoxidase-Catalyzed Reactions 5. Genetic Variation of Salivary Peroxidase 6. The Peroxidase System in Human Secretions 7. The Lactoperoxidase System of Bovine Milk 8. Biochemistry of Peroxidase System: Antimicrobial Effects 9. Bacterial Hydrogen Peroxide Production 10. Effect of Sugars and Sugar Alcohols on Salivary Peroxidase 11. Activation of the Salivary Peroxidase Antimicrobial System: Clinical Studies 12. Antibody Targeting of the Antimicrobial and Antitumor Activity of the Peroxidases