Heat Inactivation of the Alkaline Phosphatase in Human Milk and Colostrum .

J Food Prot

Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843 and Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77025.

Published: March 1993

Time-temperature relationships were developed for heat inactivation of alkaline phosphatase in pooled human milk and colostrum. Heat inactivation of the enzyme in human milk proceeds at the same rate as in cows' milk. The heat sensitivity of the enzyme is slightly greater in human colostrum than in human milk.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.4315/0362-028X-56.3.260DOI Listing

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