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Bioactive egg components and their potential uses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2006

M. ANTON ,
F. NAU  and
Y. NYS
M. ANTON*
Affiliation:
INRA BIA, ISD Group, BP 71627, 44316 Nantes cedex 3, France;
F. NAU
Affiliation:
UMR 1253 INRA-Agrocampus Rennes, 65 rue de Saint-Brieuc, CS84215, 35042Rennes cedex, France;
Y. NYS
Affiliation:
INRA Station de Recherches Avicoles, 37380Nouzilly, France
*
*Corresponding author: anton@nantes.inra.fr
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Abstract

The hen's egg plays a crucial role in the embryonic development of the bird. It serves first as a source of energy and nutrients of high digestibility and, second, protects the embryonic bird against external aggressions. The unique structure of an egg with yolk containing the embryo surrounded by albumen and shell as physical barriers, is the first element of this protection. The second one consists of the specific composition of yolk, albumen and shell with many molecules possessing elevated biological properties. Thus, these molecules represent a major source of active principles usable by medical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, nutraceutical and biotechnological industries. In this review, we will focus particularly on nutritional, health, and biotechnological activities of egg molecules and on the approaches, which are proposed by European research groups, to exploit this bioactive potential.

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eggmoleculesbiological properties

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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 62 , Issue 3 , September 2006 , pp. 429 - 438
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Copyright © World's Poultry Science Association 2006

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From a paper first presented at the XIth European Symposium on the Quality of Eggs and Egg Products, Doorwerth, The Netherlands, 23–26 May 2005

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