BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF CAMEL MILK PROTEINS

Abstract

People all over the world pay great attention to prevent liver disease and avoid its complications. It is known that following a balanced diet can play an effective role in preventing these diseases. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the extent of camel milk's contribution to protect the liver. Camel milk and some camel milk products (treatments) such as a probiotic product (which is fermented camel milk), a prebiotic product (which is the aqueous extract of dandelion leaves) and a synbiotic product (fermented camel milk supported with the aqueous extract of dandelion leaves), some camel milk derivatives such as whey protein and camel casein were used within the action plan to find out their effect on liver damage injected by carbon tetrachloride in experimental rats. This was done through: 1. Separating of milk proteins (casein and whey proteins) from camel milk. 2. Preparation of the probiotic product (camel milk was fermented using the ABT1 starter). 3. Preparing the prebiotic product (the aqueous extract of dandelion leaves). 4. Preparing the synbiotic product (Probiotic + Prebiotic). 5. The sensory evaluation of the synbiotic product prepared. 6. Physiochemical analyzes of camel milk, probiotic product, prebiotic product, and synbiotic product. 7. Conducting a biological evaluation of these products, sixty four experimental rats were divided equally into eight groups (eight rats each) in a feeding experiment for 45 days. During this period, changes in rat weight were followed up every 7 days.