Indian Journal of Animal Research
SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 2025
  • Volume: 59
  • Issue: 2

Camel Milk Yield and Composition and its Adjuvant Potential Impacts on Health of Consumers: A Review

1Department of Animal and Fish Production, College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 402, Al-Ahsa, 31982, KSA

*Corresponding Author: A.A. Mohammed, Department of Animal and Fish Production, College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 402, Al-Ahsa, 31982, KSA, Email: aamohammed@kfu.edu.sa, ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-7248; https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8607

Online Published on 01 July, 2025.

Abstract

Dromedaries can be integrated efficiently into an extensive and intensive management milk production systems for producing milk. Camel milk has specific nutritional values that alleviate certain diseases. The camel milk can be produced under harsh and intensive management conditions. Camel milk was given to human and experimental animal species under normal and dysfunction conditions as hyperglycemic, hyperlipidemic and hepatitis. The articles concerning management conditions of producing camel milk and its specific nutritive values were used for writing the manuscript and they were collected from google scholar, ScienceDirect, PubMed databases. The results indicated that camels species were significantly produced milk either under harsh or intensive management conditions. The constituents of chemical camel milk were differed among species, stage of lactation and management systems. The nutritional values of camel milk were explored as antihyperglycemic, antihyperlipidemic, anti-cancer and others. The possible biological candidates in camel milk include lactoglobulins, lactoferrin and lysozyme. It could be concluded that camel milk has a potential nutritional therapy, where it is effected on blood glucose values, liver and kidney functions.

Keywords

Camel milk, Chemical, Diabetes, Kidney, Liver, Oxidative stress