bovine colostrum

Bovine colostrum is a **cow-derived colostral milk preparation** used as an oral biologically active nutritional product rather than a single defined molecular entity. It contains immunoglobulins, especially IgG, along with lactoferrin, growth factors, cytokines, antimicrobial peptides, oligosaccharides, and other milk bioactives that are intended to support mucosal barrier function, neutralize microbial products in the gut, and modulate innate and adaptive immunity. In the provided public sources it has been studied clinically as enteral prophylaxis in preterm neonates for prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis and sepsis, and as an oral immunonutrition approach in other settings including severe alcohol-associated hepatitis and metabolic or performance-related studies. The evidence described here does not support a clear, consistent therapeutic benefit in neonatal NEC prevention, and the product is best characterized as a heterogeneous nutraceutical or dietary supplement with immunomodulatory and gut-barrier effects rather than a conventional pharmaceutical drug.

Brand names

Reimmugen

Other names

colostrumbovine colostrum milk powder初乳