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Milk Therapy: Unexpected Uses for Human Breast Milk.
Synthesis in Nutrients, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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14 citing papers in PubMed.
- Human milk: insights on cell composition, organoids and emerging applications.Pediatric research · 2026Review
- Breast and Nipple Dermatoses During Lactation.The Australasian journal of dermatology · 2025Review
- Prenatal Breastfeeding Education with or without Hand Expressing Human Milk and Breastfeeding Duration in a Rural Population.Nutrients · 2024Observational
- Changes in the Immunology of Breast Milk From Obese or Overweight Women: a Brief Review.Cureus · 2024Review
- Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding Practices among Caregivers at Seshego Zone 4 Clinic in Limpopo Province, South Africa.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Multi-residue analysis of certain lanolin nipple care products for trace contaminants.BMC chemistry · 2023Article
- Effects of donkey milk on UVB-induced skin barrier damage and melanin pigmentation: A network pharmacology and experimental validation study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Wet Nurse or Milk Bank? Evolution in the Model of Human Lactation: New Challenges for the Islamic Population.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- The Use of Human Milk for Therapeutic Purposes Other Than Nutrition.Turkish archives of pediatrics · 2022Article
- Relics and Historical Uses of Human Zootherapeutic Products in Contemporary Spanish Ethnoveterinary Medicine.Veterinary sciences · 2021Review
- Human breast milk-based nutritherapy: A blueprint for pediatric healthcare.Journal of food and drug analysis · 2021Review
- Supporting Breastfeeding in 2021 and Beyond-Lessons from the Pandemic.Pediatric reports · 2021Review
- How Knowledge about Stem Cells Influences Attitudes towards Breastfeeding: Case Study of Polish Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Human Milk and Lactation.Nutrients · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundHuman breast milk provides a child with complete nutrition but is also a popular therapeutic remedy that has been used in traditional, natural pharmacopeia, and ethnomedicine for many years. The aim of this current review is to summarize studies of non-nutritional uses of mothers' milk.
methodsTwo databases (PubMed and Google Scholar) were searched with a combination of twelve search terms. We selected articles that were published between 1 January 2010, and 1 January 2019. The language of publication was limited to English.
resultsFifteen studies were included in the systematic review. Ten of these were randomized controlled trials, one was a quasi-experimental study, two were in vitro studies, and four employed an animal research model.
conclusionsMany human milk components have shown promise in preclinical studies and are undergoing active clinical evaluation. The protective and treatment role of fresh breast milk is particularly important in areas where mothers and infants do not have ready access to medicine.
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