Avtor/Urednik | Fidler, Nataša; Salobir, Karl | |
Naslov | Polyunsaturated fatty acid composition of human colostrum lipids in Slovenia: regional differences | |
Tip | članek | |
Vir | Food Technol Biotechnol | |
Vol. in št. | Letnik 38, št. 2 | |
Leto izdaje | 2000 | |
Obseg | str. 149-53 | |
Jezik | eng | |
Abstrakt | The fatty acid composition of human milk in Slovenia has not been investigated previously. In the present investigation the fatty acid composition of colostrum lipids from 41 Slovenian women recruited the third day post partum in three Slovenian hospitals (Celje, Koper and Ljubljana) was analysed. The coefficient of variation for the measurement of individual fatty acids participating more than 0.1 % was from 2 to 6 %. According to regional areas, there were significant differences (P<0.05) in polyunsaturated fatty acids contents of colostrum lipids both of n-6 (linoleic (C18:2), gamma-linolenic (C18:3)) and n-3 series (alpha-linolenic (C18:3), octadecatetraenoic (C18:4), eicosatrienoic (C20:3) and docosahexaenoic acid C22:6)). The linoleic acid represented between 12.6 % (Koper) and 19.4 % of total fatty acids (Ljubljana) in colostrum lipids. The alpha-linolenic acid accounted from 0.7% (Koper) to 1.1% (Ljubljana) and the average linoleic to alpha-linolenic acid ratio was 16.8. The lowest portion of docosahexaenoic acid in colostrum lipids was in Ljubljana (0.35 %), whereas the highest in Celje (0.49 %, P<0.05). Differences in fatty acid composition of colostrum lipids in various regions of Slovenia are presumably due to regional differences in dietary habits. | |
Deskriptorji | COLOSTRUM FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED LINOLEIC ACIDS HEXANOIC ACIDS OCTANOIC ACIDS 8,11,14-EICOSATRIENOIC ACID |