Dairy lipids characterizing

Table 21.1. Commercial equipment for ultrasound characterization of dairy lipids... 

Milk contains trace amounts of SOD which has been isolated and characterized it appears to be identical to the bovine erythrocyte enzyme. SOD inhibits lipid oxidation in model systems. The level of SOD in milk parallels that of XO (but at a lower level), suggesting that SOD may be excreted in milk in an attempt to offset the pro-oxidant effect of XO. However, the level of SOD in milk is probably insufficient to explain observed differences in the oxidative stability of milk. The possibility of using exogenous SOD to retard or inhibit lipid oxidation in dairy products has been considered. 

Timmen, H. and Dimick, P. S. 1972. Structure and synthesis of milk fat. X. Characterization of the major hydroxy compounds of milk lipids. J. Dairy Sci. 55, 919-925. 

Hood, L. F. and Patton, S. 1973. Isolation and characterization of intracellular lipid droplets from bovine mammary tissue. J. Dairy Sci. 56, 858-863. 

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