Miscellaneous Applications of Casein

Numerous and diverse products incorporate casein in their formulations. These include dish-washing liquids, cosmetics, lightweight concrete, gypsum wallboards, pesticide sprays, water purifiers, self-levelling underlayments, and so on [12-14]. 

Some paint formulations include casein where it functions as a thickener and stabiliser [15]. Other applications are in leather finishing and in reinforcing and stabilising rubber tyres, as a component of animal and pet foods and for softening and waterproofing of textiles [16]  

Casein Glue Casein/Latex Paper Coating Washable Paint  

Phosphopeptides can be isolated from various enzymic digests of casein and they have potential uses as anticariostatic agents in toothpastes and mouthwashes. Phosphopeptides such as -serP-serP-serP-Glu-Glu- are known to stabilise amorphous calcium phosphate and are believed to prevent demineralisation of tooth enamel by bacteria from dental plaque (Section 12.14). 

Degummed and refined soya bean oil contains 1 5 ppm of P and 0.003 - 0.05% phospholipids. Crude soya bean oil, p 0.92 g/cc, mp —lO C, contains 2 3% total of phospholipids which contain about 

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