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. 2013 Sep 18:1610–1620. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-7216-9654-6.50166-1

TABLE 163-3.

Anti-Inflammatory Factors in Human Milk.

Categories Examples
Cytoprotectives Prostaglandins E2, F2α
Epithelial growth factors Epidermal growth factor, lactoferrin, polyamines
Maturational factors Cortisol
Enzymes that degrade mediators PAF-AH
Binders of enzymes α1-antichymotrypsin
Binders of substrates of enzymes Lysozyme to elastin
Modulators of leukocytes Interleukin-10
Antioxidants Uric acid, α-tocopherol, β-carotene, ascorbate

PAF-AH = Platelet activating factor–acetylhydrolase