As a functional substance, insulin-like
growth factors have a wide range of biological effects and potential therapeutic values.
Several papers have elaborated the clinical
use of recombinant human IGF-I (rh IGF-I)
[3, 28, 34]. Considering the identical amino
acid sequence with rh IGF-I, the biological
function and clinical application of bovine
milk IGF-I are expected.
The kinetic research for the heat denaturation
process enabled prediction of the
stability of IGF-I at variant temperatures;