▁of ▁la ct o fer ric in ▁exceed s ▁that ▁of ▁la ct o fer rin . ▁In ▁particular , ▁synth etic ▁pe pt ide ▁ 1 – 1 1 ▁la ct o fer ric in ▁shows ▁much ▁greater ▁activity ▁against ▁Cand ida ▁alb icans ▁than ▁native ▁la ct o fer ric in . ▁ ▁Administration ▁of ▁la ct o fer rin ▁through ▁drink ing ▁water ▁to ▁m ice ▁with ▁weak ened ▁imm une ▁systems ▁and ▁sympt oms ▁of ▁a ph th ous ▁ul cer ▁reduced ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁Cand ida ▁alb icans ▁stra ins ▁in ▁the ▁mouth ▁and ▁the ▁size ▁of ▁the ▁dam aged ▁areas ▁in ▁the ▁tongue . ▁Or al ▁administration ▁of ▁la ct o fer rin ▁to ▁animals ▁also ▁reduced ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁path ogen ic ▁organ isms ▁in ▁the ▁t issues ▁close ▁to ▁the ▁g astro int est inal ▁tract . ▁Cand ida ▁alb icans ▁could ▁also ▁be ▁completely ▁er adic ated ▁with ▁a ▁mixture ▁containing ▁la ct o fer rin , ▁ly so zym e ▁and ▁it ra con az ole ▁in ▁H IV - pos itive ▁patients ▁who ▁were ▁resist ant ▁to ▁other ▁ant if ung al ▁dru gs . ▁Such ▁ant if ung al ▁action ▁when ▁other ▁dru gs ▁de em ▁in efficient ▁is ▁characteristic ▁of ▁la ct o fer rin ▁and ▁is ▁especially ▁valuable ▁for ▁H IV - in fect ed ▁patients . ▁Con tr ary ▁to ▁the ▁ant iv iral ▁and ▁ant ib acter ial ▁actions ▁of ▁la ct o fer rin , ▁very