Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)LactoferrinFolic AcidMolecular Docking SimulationHydrogen BondingHydrogen-Ion Concentration
Non-covalent assembly of folic acid with lactoferrin: multi-spectroscopy, docking, and dynamics elucidate binding and functional implications.
Yi Xu, Ruoxin Tang, Zhaowan Zhang, Jianshen Liu, Yiran Pu, Renyong Zhao, Zehua Liu, Hongxin Jiang
Published: 202610.1016/j.foodres.2025.117824
Abstract
Folic acid (FA) is important for human health, but it is sensitive to pH and can degrade during gastrointestinal digestion. Therefore, direct FA supplementation is limited. In this study, lactoferrin (LF) was used to prepare an LF-FA complex through…
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