Table 7.

Generation of diverse types of immunologically reactive molecules from various native biochemical constituents upon treatment with exogenous and endogenous substances.

[S. No.]	Source	Identity of target molecules	Treatment with exogenous/endogenous substances	Activity generated	References
1.	Bovine and human milk	Lactoferrin	Pepsin	Antibacterial	Bellamy et al. (1992)
2.	Hen eggs	Egg white lysozyme	Dimethyl suberimidate	Lectin-like	Mega and Hase (1994)
		Egg white lysozyme	Clostripain	Antibacterial	Pellegrini et al. (1997)
		Egg white lysozyme	Trypsin, chymotrypsin, pepsin	Antiviral	Overmann et al. (2003)
		Egg white lysozyme	Pepsin → trypsin	Antibacterial	Mine et al. (2004)
		Ovalbumin	Trypsin, chymotrypsin	Antibacterial	Pellegrini et al. (2004)
				Antifungal
3.	Bovine milk	Casein	Trypsin, pronase,	Antibacterial	Zucht et al. (1995)
			endoproteinase Glu C
4.	Bovine milk	Casein	Chymosin	Antibacterial	Lahov and Regelson, 1996
				Immunostimulatory
5.	Bovine milk	β-lactoglobulin	Trypsin	Antibacterial	Pellegrini et al. (2001)
6.	Bovine serum	Albumin	Trypsin, chymotrypsin, pepsin	Antiviral	Overmann et al. (2003)
7.	Rabbit milk (Oryctolagus cuniculus)	Casein	Trypsin, chymotrypsin, pepsin, clostripain	Antibacterial	Baranyi et al. (2003)
8.	Human Serum	Human serum Albumin	Pronase	Hemagglutinating and Phenoloxidase activity	Beulaja and Manikandan, 2012a, Beulaja and Manikandan, 2012b