β-Lactoglobulin

Abstract

In the past decade since the review in the 2nd edition of this book (Hambling et al., 1992), significant advances in our understanding of the structure and properties of β-lactoglobulin (β-Lg) have occurred, and it is the purpose of this review to revise and update that earlier chapter in the light of these later data. As space precludes mere addition of recent material, the interested reader is referred to the previous edition for a review of the work up to 1990. The aim, however, remains that of bringing together information from the last 65 years in order to discuss the possible biological function of this enigmatic milk protein.