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Native- and molten globule states of α-lactalbumin (α-La) from camel and bovine milk were used for comparative assessment of digestibility and antioxidant activity. The proteolysis assessments were performed in the presence of gastrointestinal enzymes, using the o-phthaldialdehyde assay, and the antioxidant activity was carried out using a 2,20-azinobis(3-ethylenebenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid based method. Camel and bovine α-La revealed similar sensitivity to proteolysis by pepsin. The degree of hydrolysis (DH) of camel α-La by either trypsin or chymotrypsin was noticeably higher than that of the bovine protein counterpart. This can be explained by the different conformational and structural features of these proteins, as shown by studies of intrinsic- and 8-anilinonaphthalene-1-sulfonic acid fluorescence. The greater antioxidant activity of camel α-La could be explained by the higher content of antioxidant …