Effects of industrial heat treatments on the kinetics of inactivation of antimicrobial bovine milk xanthine oxidase

ARTICLE OPEN Effects of industrial heat treatments on the kinetics of inactivation of antimicrobial bovine milk xanthine oxidase Gulustan Ozturk 1 , J. Bruce German1,2 and Juliana M. L. N. de Moura Bell 1,3 Milk is a source of antimicrobial systems such as xanthine oxidoreductase, which has been proposed to modulate the oral and gut microbiota of infants. Heat treatments are applied to milk to ensure its microbial safety, however, the effects of heat on this antimicrobial enzyme are not known....