Changes of the Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid (PUFA) Composition of Breast Milk from Mothers of Full-Term Infants During 9 Months Of Lactation. 157

AIM: to investigate the profile and the contents of FA, especially of long chain (LC)-PUFA, in breast milk during prolonged lactation.

SUBJECTS AND METHODS: recruitment of mothers after delivery of full-term infants (>37-42 weeks gestational age). Collection of pooled breast milk (hindmilk) over 24 hours at the first day (colostrum), at 1, 3, 6 and 9 months of lactation. Lipid extraction by chloroform-methanol and analysis of FA methyl esters (weight%) by capillary gas-chromatography. Values are expressed as mean±SD. Preliminary data from 32 mothers are here reported.

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